I have Fast User Switching enabled on our family computer. Five
people have accounts. It's easy to switch between users, but it is
very slow. Sometimes when I click on my account, I see my desktop but
then switches back to the account screen and I have to click on my
account again. Most of the time, switching between users is just
simply slow. I know that logging out each time is supposed to
conserve memory, but that just slows down the process too.

Is it just that this feature is slow by nature or is there something I
can do to speed it up? Thanks.

rich47 wrote:
> I have Fast User Switching enabled on our family computer. Five
> people have accounts. It's easy to switch between users, but it is
> very slow. Sometimes when I click on my account, I see my desktop
> but then switches back to the account screen and I have to click on
> my account again. Most of the time, switching between users is just
> simply slow. I know that logging out each time is supposed to
> conserve memory, but that just slows down the process too.
>
> Is it just that this feature is slow by nature or is there
> something I can do to speed it up? Thanks.

Depends - on factors which you have provided none.

- Computer hardware specifications
- Running applications
- Both profiles already being logged into

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

rich47 wrote:
> I have Fast User Switching enabled on our family computer. Five
> people have accounts. It's easy to switch between users, but it is
> very slow. Sometimes when I click on my account, I see my desktop but
> then switches back to the account screen and I have to click on my
> account again. Most of the time, switching between users is just
> simply slow. I know that logging out each time is supposed to
> conserve memory, but that just slows down the process too.
>
> Is it just that this feature is slow by nature or is there something I
> can do to speed it up? Thanks.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_f.htm

--
Mike Pawlak

>
> Depends - on factors which you have provided none.
>
> - Computer hardware specifications
> - Running applications
> - Both profiles already being logged into
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


Sorry about that.

Pentium 4 3ghz
1 gb RAM
We usually are running Firefox on at least 2 users, and one user
usually has Outlook XP open