Lock or Fast User Switching in Xp

New to windows XP is a feature called ‘Fast User Switching’, as its name suggests it enables you to quickly alternate between users on your local machine. You can either enable (use) or disable (not use) the ‘Fast User Switching’ option. When you disable the FUS (Fast User Switching) option when you press the Start Key and L (on your keyboard) you computer will display a message saying that your computer has been locked and only you or an administrator can unlock the machine (just like Windows 2000). Where as if you have the FUS option enabled you will be greeted (when you press the start key and L) with a list of other usernames you can log on as (at the same time you will also be logged on at the machine).
In this tutorial I will show you how to enable and disable the FUS option.

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Please note that you must be a user with administrative rights to complete this tutorial.

• Click Start, then Control Panel.

• Select User Accounts.

• Then click ‘Change the way users log on and off’.

• You should now see two selection boxes beside one of them will be the text ‘use fast user switching’.

• If you want fast user switching enabled tick it (this is usually default).

• If you don’t want fast user switching and instead want to lock your machine uncheck the checkbox.

• When you have made your changes click ‘Apply options’ at the bottom, right of the dialog.

• You may now close all the dialogs which you opened.

You can now test to see that your changes have been applied correctly by pressing the windows or the start key and L at the same time.