How to Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Windows 8
This article explains how to enable or disable
Fast User Switching in Windows 8. This setting allows you to hide the user
interface in the Task Manager, Logon UI and Start Menu. If you have "Enabled"
this setting then the user cannot see the Switch User Interface. If however
you have "Disabled" or "Not Configured" this
setting then the user can see the Switch User Interface in this location.
Windows 8 shows your name with your account
picture at the right corner of the Start Screen. You can click on it to open it
and provide your options such as Change Account Picture, Lock or Sign out from
the current account. If you can access another account then you click on
whatever account you want. Before click on the Enabled Button, you can see the
Start Screen. These are given below with the help of a figure:
Steps to Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in
Windows 8
Canned Statement: Let me go
ahead and disable / enable the fast user switching in Windows 8 for you.
Step 1: In the Windows
8 OS, you can move the cursor on the right bottom and click on the search box.
In the search box, you can specify what you want.
Step 2: In the search
box you enter the "gpedit.msc" under the application tab and
click on the window that is shown: (You can also use the conventional Windows
+ R to open Run window and type the command.)
Step 3: In the window
that is shown, you will see the "Local Group Policy Editor" window:
Step 4: In this step I
want to Enable or Disable Fast User Switching in Windows 8. Click on the
Computer Configuration sub-category Administrative Template sub-category System
sub-category Logon and click on the "Hide entry Points for Fast User
Switching". Computer Configuration << Administrative Template
<< System << Logon
Step 5: In this step
right-click on the "Hide entry Points for Fast User Switching" and
select the Edit tab. Or just double-click Hide Entry Points for Fast
User Switching to bring up a dialog box to change Fast User Switching
policy setting.
Step 6: In this step,
if you click on "Enabled" Button then you cannot see the
Switch User Interface and click on Apply and then OK Button. If
you click on "Disabled" or "Not Configured" then
you can see the Switch User Interface and click on Apply and then OK Button.
If you click the "Enabled"
Button then in the "Hide entry Points for Fast User Switching"
window the Switch User Interface is hidden from the user attempting to log on
or is logged onto the PC that has this policy applied. If you click on the
"Disabled" Button then the Switch User Interface is accessible
to the user.
Note: To re-enable Fast User Switching, just
choose Not Configured in its policy setting dialog and apply the changes
via gpupdate /force command.
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