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jotto84
12-11-2001, 04:45 PM
one of my fav features of win2k was locking the computer (ctrl+alt+del, then enter) When i installed winXP I noticed that you can't do that anymore, but you can switch users... which is generally the same thing. I want to know if anyone knows of a quick key combination that will bring you to the login screen for winXP (where you click the user and type the password) I feel that clicking start, log off, and switch user is too tedious, and I like to keep my programs open so logging off wont work

Statica
12-11-2001, 04:53 PM
START + L

C:\WINNT\Help\keyshort.chm::/keys_general.htm

jotto84
12-11-2001, 05:05 PM
awesome, thanks, i found that by holding start, l, and s it works too, and very fast. thanks statica

Statica
12-11-2001, 09:53 PM
Download powertoys for XP and it will allow you to switch users on the fly without going to the login screen (there are some restrictions in which accnts u can switch between)