Questions tagged [fast-user-switching]
For questions specifically concerning how to use a "fast user switching" feature (as described below), or problems that occur when using that feature.
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How do I stop my NVIDIA to be used by the secondary user?
Good morning,
I have an Asus Vivobook K6500ZC laptop with Intel HUD GPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU.
I'm looking for help regarding an unexpected usage of the NVIDIA GPU.
I currently share ...
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Does macOS have a concept of fast user switch hooks? (not logon/off)
I have secondary user account on my Mac that I use in parallel with my primary user account. I would like to run a small script when I fast user-switch into the secondary, and another script (or same ...
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macOS: run user-mode services but allow other users to login
i would like to run gitlab-runner or a multi-user Mac Studio .
Reading the documentation, it seems that I have to setup auto-login for the user who is running gitlab-runner as a user-service, in order ...
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Run a batch script automatically when a specific user account is active (via switch user)
So sometimes one of the users in the household (with a separate user account on a single PC) doesn't sign out of their account when they are finished and just put the PC to sleep. Now whenever I log ...
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What to do if Fast User Switching doesn't work?
I did all the registry and group policy modifications suggested here: https://winbuzzer.com/2020/08/21/how-to-enable-or-disable-fast-user-switching-in-windows-10-xcxwbt/
But at logon it is still ...
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Prevent zoom changes in Windows when switching users
Whenever I switch between two users in my Windows 10, it keeps readjusting the zoom level. However both users have the same 150% zoom level set. I am not sure why Windows goes back to 100% for a short ...
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When 2 users are logged in simultaneously in Windows 10, is it possible for the audio from both to play, like in Windows 7?
I keep my personal Windows account and apps separate from my work account. I'm usually logged into both at once, and just switch with Win+L.
I'd like to get the "message received" audio ...
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Problems with Fast User Switching in Windows 10
Problems with Fast User Switching in Windows 10
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I share a laptop with 3 other family members. All three of us have accounts on the laptop; mine is a local admin account but now ...
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Terminal Command to get app switcher information?
The native app switcher orders the apps based on chronological focus. This ordering is useful to me for a script, but I'm not sure where this ordering information is stored.
Is there a way to get the ...
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Windows 10 switching user causes dialogs to lose their position
I have two large monitors (identical 4k resolution) configured as side-by-side extended. These work fine in general use, but when I switch users, the dialogs/windows that are open lose their position.
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Kill programs when switching account on Windows10
Is there a way killing a certain program when switching between accounts in Windows10?
I have a VPN client running in auto-start for one account (work) on my Windows10 PC in order to be always in the ...
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Windows 10: Force sign-out of user upon shutdown/restart [duplicate]
I've got a Windows 10 Pro installation with two local users configured.
If I'm signed in to let's say "UserA" and I shutdown/restart the PC without explicitly signing out first and then sign in as "...
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Does fast user switching on Mac take up much RAM or CPU
I don't switch very often between the two accounts on my computer, so I'm thinking of just disabling fast user switching if it takes up significant system resources. Any idea if it takes up ...
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Keyboard profile confused between user profiles
There are several user profiles on my computer. All profiles use English and Czech languages. All users use US QWERTY keyboard for English. Now the interesting part comes:
I use Czech QWERTY keyboard ...
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1-click switch user shortkey
So I'm looking for the most efficient method of switching between one user to another, on Windows 10.
What I'm hoping to find is a command wherein I could add username and password (disregarding the ...
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