Re: Can't enable fast user switching

From: Carey Frisch [MVP] (cnfrisch_at_nospamgmail.com)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:38:00 -0600

Did you create a new User Account to switch to? 

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"alexm" wrote:
| (I posted this question previously on the XP Configuration/support newsgroup, 
| and apologize if posting it here too is a breach of etiquette.)
| 
| I have a new Dell laptop (inspiron 9200) with 1 GB of RAM running XP Pro.  I
| cannot turn on fast user switching.  When I turn it on, either using the
| check box in the Users control panel applet under "login" or by editting the
| registry directly (the HKLM\software\microsoft\windows
| nt\currentversion\winlogon\allowmultipleTSSession setting) the change doesn't
| stick - the registry entry or the check box reverts to the zero or unchecked
| state.
| 
| The computer is not part of a domain (though it may once have been), there
| doesn't appear to be any third party software issues that I can find, and the
| Windows XP "welcome" screen is enabled and works.
| 
| I tried starting the fastuserswitchingcompatibility and the terminalservices
| services (actually the latter was already running) to no avail.
| 
| Any suggestions?
| 
| Thanks!!

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