fast user switch not working

[Guest carl feredeck]

if another user is logged on and I attempt to do a fast user switch then

when I click on the the other user icon on the welcome screen, it seems like

windows is trying for a moment to load but then the welcome screen flashes a

little and it remains on the welcome screen!

 

If howerver I log off from the first account, then I can log on to the

second one from the welcome screen!

 

ALSO something has happened with the registry because I am an administrator

yet windows does not allow me to change some stuff that I want, I have to

right click and select an empty permission box so I can edit it...

 

any ideas?

 

I think xp is calling for a reinstall.... strange stuff going on!

[Guest Mark L. Ferguson]

Re: fast user switch not working

 

I would guess that a 'repair' setup of XP would not fix your registry

issues. Barring the event of a corrupt user profile for this other account,

you might try resetting the registry Permissions. (I mention it because a

rash of this seems to be going around)

 

Aaron Stebner's WebLog Solving setup errors by using the SubInACL tool to

repair file and registry permissions:

http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2006/09/04/739820.aspx

 

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"carl feredeck" <carlferedeck@wizzmail.com> wrote in message

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> if another user is logged on and I attempt to do a fast user switch then

> when I click on the the other user icon on the welcome screen, it seems

> like windows is trying for a moment to load but then the welcome screen

> flashes a little and it remains on the welcome screen!

>

> If howerver I log off from the first account, then I can log on to the

> second one from the welcome screen!

>

> ALSO something has happened with the registry because I am an

> administrator yet windows does not allow me to change some stuff that I

> want, I have to right click and select an empty permission box so I can

> edit it...

>

> any ideas?

>

> I think xp is calling for a reinstall.... strange stuff going on!

>

>

>