Re: can't get to admin account from fast user switching

From: Gary Tsang (gtsangDELETE_at_MEaumha.org)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:11:23 -0400

Hi,

Have you tried tapping CTRL-ALT-DEL twice to bring up the log-in screen? 

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Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
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"Kim A. Sommer" <kasommer@kiva.net> wrote in message 
news:d4cd3a59.0408230934.1d2a9793@posting.google.com...
> Something changed on my machine.  (XP Pro)
> The Welcome Screen and Fast User Switching (FUS)were working fine.
>
> Heres how it used ot work:
> Normally the admin acount does not display on the Welcome Screen.  I
> ctrl-alt-del to log-in.  From there I can FUS out of it and log into
> another account.  At this point the admin account will show up on the
> Weclome screen during
>
> something changed:
>
> Now if I am logged into admin I can FUS out of it.  But.. the admin
> account does not show up on the Welcome Screen.  ctrl-alt-del does not
> work to get back in either.  I have to log into another account and
> log out (not FUS) in order to be allowed to use CTRL-alt-del to get
> into the admin account.  All programs left running will still be up.
>
> -OR-  I do the registry change to put the admin account on the welcome
> screen and it always shows up on the welcome screen whether it is
> logged in or not.
>
>
> I would rather have the original method working where the admin
> account is only shown if it's logged in but can't find an answer
> anywhere.
>
>
> The only thing I changed recently was turing off simple file sharing.
> However turning it back on does not fix the problem.
>
>
> thanks for any help or pointers.
>
> Kim Sommer

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