[Cococokie]

Hi,

is there a way to prevent other users from logging in, when it is locked (welcome screen). My brother,sis always log in when i've already logged and causes my pc to crash due to the amt of insufficient ram available to log into another account.

I'm using winxp sp2.

[mphenterprises]

Hi Cococokie and welcome to the PCWorld Communities. :D



Well, this question has two sides. On one hand, you can simply increase the amount of memory your computer has. That would rectify any insufficient memory issues you have.

The other thing you can do is remove the other User Accounts and create a stronger password under your User Account.

[smax013]

Cococokie said:

Hi,

is there a way to prevent other users from logging in, when it is locked (welcome screen). My brother,sis always log in when i've already logged and causes my pc to crash due to the amt of insufficient ram available to log into another account.


I'm using winxp sp2.

You can turn off "Fast User Switching". You do this by going into the User Accounts in Control Panels and then clicking on the "Change the way users log on or off". If you do this, when the computer is "locked" (i.e. if you leave the computer for a period of time or if you do the Windows key + L key) on your password or an administrators password will unlock it. Note that this method requires that your brother and sister's (and others) accounts are NOT administrators accounts.

[Cococokie]

Switching off the "Fast User switch" works for what I wanted. Thanks for all the help guys!

[smax013]

Glad to be able to help. It shows that my use of older Windoze 2000 computers was not a complete waste...that was commonly available on Windoze 2000 computers (since it did not have Fast User Switching), so I figured Windoze XP had to be able to operate in a similar fashion...just had to find the controls/setting. :)