XP Task Manager

[mopar]

When I open Task Manager and click on the User tab, under "Session" I see
console, but if I remember right this should say Administrator. Anybody know
if I'm right, and how to fix this? There is only one user profile.

 

[Daave]

When I open Task Manager and click on the User tab, under "Session" I
see
console, but if I remember right this should say Administrator.
Anybody know
if I'm right, and how to fix this? There is only one user profile.

More than likely, that is how it should be. From "More Than Maintenance:
WinXP’s Beefed-Up Task Manager" at
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0906/39l06/39l06.asp :


The Users tab keeps track of those people on the network who might be
interacting with your specific computer. If you aren't connected to a
network, then you will just see your own machine listed.

The Users tab displays, simply, the users who are logged onto the
computer. The Users tab, however, is displayed only if the computer you
are working on has Fast User Switching enabled and is a member of a
workgroup or is a standalone computer. Fast User Switching is
unavailable on computers that are members of a network domain.

Fast User Switching options can be found in the User Accounts folder of
the Control Panel. Click Change The Way Users Log On And Off within the
User Accounts menu and make sure the Use Fast User Switching checkbox is
checked to enable the feature.

In the information chart on the Users tab, the User column shows the
name of the computer and current username. ID shows a numeric
identification for the current computer session. Status is the current
state of a session, Active or Disconnected. Session displays the name of
any sessions running on the computer.

Normally, your computer will be listed as Console, but if you are on a
network, each computer connected to your machine will be listed
according to its level and type of activity. Client Name lists any other
computer that is remotely using that session. At the bottom of this
window, you have the options to Log Off, Disconnect, or Send Message.
However, you can only send messages if other users are listed.

 

[mopar]

Thanks for the info. I must be confused with something else.

 

[Daave]

Thanks for the info. I must be confused with something else.

YW

 

[Robert]

When I open Task Manager and click on the User tab, under "Session" I see
console, but if I remember right this should say Administrator. Anybody know
if I'm right, and how to fix this? There is only one user profile.

I think, and I could be wrong but you have to logon as the
administrator for it to say administrator. Like most people who use
their computers at home you don't logoff and logon every time you use
your computer you simply turn it on/off without going through the
loggin on or off procedure. So that it says your names/console instead
of administrator. It's showing you as a user. Usually most people
don't logon as the administator unless they need to perform functions
only a administrator can do.


Robert