Disabling Fast-User Switching

Posted Oct 12, 2005 | by David Risley  

Fast-User switching can be an annoying, performance-hindering, and rather useless feature to most people. To disable FUS, go to Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> “Change the Way Users Log On,” then uncheck “Use Fast User Switching.” Though fast-user switching may serve a purpose to those with multiple users on a single computer, it is generally a feature that consumes memory and processing resources by parsing requests from multiple users concurrently; don’t feel bad about disabling it if you don’t need it.

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