Re: Disable programmatically the "Fast User Switching"

From: Alexander Grigoriev (alegr_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:56:31 -0700

Why do you think your application is so important, that you can screw up the
user's preferences?

"Viviana Vc" <vcotirlea@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:c6m85v$dibl2$1@ID-78102.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hi all,
>
> I would like programmatically to disable "Fast User Switching" (FUS). As
> I understood from what I read there are 2 ways for doing this:
> 1) replace the msgina.dll, as FUS doesn't work with a custom msgina.dll
> 2) set into the registry: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon -> AllowMultipleTSSessions to 0
>
> I would like to use the second way of disabling and I have some
> questions:
> 1) Some are saying that this entry might not be in the registry. Can
> this be true? If yes, if I just add it there with the 0 value will it
> disable the FUS?
> If indeed something from this path can miss on a WinXP, is it just the
> string or it can be one of the keys from the paths (like for instance
> Winlogon)?
>
> 2) Is this solution an ok solution, or it can not guarantee that by just
> setting the AllowMultipleTSSessions to 0 the FUS will be disabled?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance,
> Viv



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