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How to enable/disable fast user switching in Windows 10 - WKB47366

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OBJECTIVE or GOAL

Enable or disable fast user switching in Windows 10.

ENVIRONMENT

  • Windows 10

PROCEDURE

 OPTION 1 _ GROUP POLICY

  1. Hold the Windows key and press “R” to bring up the Run dialog box.
  2. Type “gpedit.msc”, and then press “Enter".
  3. The Local Group Policy Editor appears. Expand the following: 
          Local computer policy
          Computer configuration
          Administrative Templates
          System
          Logon
  4. Open “Hide Entry Points for Fast User Switching“.
  5. Select “Enabled” to turn Fast User Switching off. Set it to “Disable” to turn it on.
    Windows-Hide-entry-points-for-fast-user-switching_windows10.png

OPTION 2 _ REGISTRY

  1. Hold the Windows key and press “R” to bring up the Run dialog box.
  2. Type “regedit”, and then press “Enter“.
    regedit.jpg
  3. Expand the following:
              HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
              SOFTWARE
              Microsoft
              Windows
              CurrentVersion
              Policies
              System
  4. Look for a value called “HideFastUserSwitching“. If it does not exist, right-click the “System” folder, select “New DWORD 32-bit value“, and then type the name “HideFastUserSwitching“. Press “Enter” to create the value.
    reg_userswitching.jpg
  5. Double-click “HideFastUserSwitching“. Change the “Value data” to “1” to disable Fast User Switching; set it to “0” to enable it.xfus_4_png_pagespeed_gp+jp+jw+pj+ws+js+rj+rp+rw+ri+cp+md_ic_OTNIVPQKJi.png

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