Re: Problem with fast user switching

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Hi Ramesh,
Thanks for your reply and your suggestions.
Followup: how do I determine what are the policies and how do I re-set them
if this is the issue? I am a new user to XP-I have my main account as Admin,
and set the user user account as believe limited for a test bed.
Thanks, God bless
Van

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Van,
>
> Try enabling the option from Safe Mode. Another possibility is that the Fast
> User Switching is disabled through Policies.
>
> --
> Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org
>
>
> "VanS" <VanS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5797D46B-649C-4BB3-9916-1DCD47416B68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hello,
> > I have Win XP pro and have set up myself a separate user account for
> > testing
> > purposes. I need to use fast switching but when I go to check the box for
> > allowing fast switching under User Account under Control Panel, the check
> > doesn't remain when I close it, and so I can't get fast switching to work.
> > When I bring up the screen to set it, McAfee Virus scan pops up querying
> > whether to allow the script which I check to allow, and it still doesn't
> > work. I have also tried disabling VirusScan to no avail.
> > Any ideas what wrong or how to fix?
> > Thanks, God bless
> > Van
>
>
.

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