Dell GX240 manual How to Turn Off Fast User Switching, How to Add Users, 4Click Apply Options

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Fast User Switching is unavailable if the computer has Windows XP Professional installed and is a member of a computer domain.

How to Turn Off Fast User Switching

You must have a computer administrator account on the computer to turn off Fast User Switching. (For information on types of accounts, see “How to Add Users.”)

To disable Fast User Switching, perform the following steps:

1Click the Start button, and click Control Panel.

2In the Control Panel window, click User Accounts.

3Under Pick a task, click Change the way users log on or off and do one of the following:

•Select the Use Fast User Switching to log off check box to enable Fast User Switching.

•Deselect the Use Fast User Switching to log off check box to disable Fast User Switching.

4Click Apply Options.

How to Add Users

Only a computer administrator or a user with administrator rights can create multiple user accounts. The individual who performs the initial operating system setup creates a computer administrator account and can add any number of users during the initial setup. All user accounts created during setup have administrator rights.

After initial operating system setup, the computer administrator or a user with administrator rights can create additional user accounts.

To add users, perform the following steps:

1Click the Start button, and click Control Panel.

2In the Control Panel window, click User Accounts.

3In the User Accounts window under Pick a Task, click Create a new account.

4In the box under Name the new account, type the name of the new user. Click Next>.

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