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Help! there is no switch users button on XP! only log off or lock!!!




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Old 27th Jan 2009, 22:03
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Default Help! there is no switch users button on XP! only log off or lock!!!

OK, i cant seem to figure out how it happened or why its not going away. i want to be able to log on to another account but there is no option for that now. take a look



how do i put the computer back to the way it was!!???
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Old 28th Jan 2009, 00:15
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Default Help! there is no switch users button on XP! only log off or lock!!!

turn it back on in control panel -> users
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Old 28th Jan 2009, 10:27
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Default Help! there is no switch users button on XP! only log off or lock!!!

THANK YOU!!! apparently its was the driver i installed for my wireless NIC that caused this. i wonder why...
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Old 28th Jan 2009, 11:07
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Default Help! there is no switch users button on XP! only log off or lock!!!

Yeah that has happened to me before.

I think there is a file called vmgina.dll or something, that when modified by certain programs, disables fast user switching.

It happened for me when I installed VMware Server.
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