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Disabling Fast User Switching in Windows Vista
- Click Start, type gpedit.msc and press Enter
- Go to the following location:
Local Computer Policy | Administrative Templates | System | Logon
- Set Hide entry points for Fast User Switching to Enabled
- Quit the Group Policy Editor.
By enabling the policy, Administrators hide the Switch user button in the Logon UI, the Start menu and the Task Manager. Note that the Group Policy Editor does not exist in certain editions of Windows Vista. Alternately, you can configure the setting via the registry.
Registry edit
- Click Start, type regedit.exe and press Enter
- Navigate to the following branch:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ System
- Create a DWORD (32-bit) Value named HideFastUserSwitching
- Set the Value data for HideFastUserSwitching to 1
- Quit the Registry Editor.
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8 Responses to "How to disable Fast User Switching in Windows Vista" 
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said this on 17 Feb 2007 10:05:50 PM PDT
Excellent information thankyou, solved the problem I was having.
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said this on 12 Jun 2007 7:24:26 AM PDT
This is a clearcut and excellent article.
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said this on 10 Sep 2007 9:35:27 AM PDT
Can't seem to get this to work, tried both methods in windows vista business
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said this on 19 Sep 2007 10:42:32 AM PDT
This hack removes the option from the shut down menu, but not from the welcome/start screen
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said this on 02 Nov 2007 2:59:36 AM PDT
Now were talking,,had steve sinchack book hack win vista. said same as first option but didnt work reg wrkd teh!
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said this on 25 Nov 2007 7:55:58 PM PDT
it's impossible to remove the option from welcome/start screen,for it's convenient to user to logon.
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said this on 20 Dec 2007 7:57:50 PM PDT
I'm sorry, but gpedit.msc did'nt help me in this case (Vista Business with "admin" rights). After I've changed these settings mentioned in the article, nothing changed. In the system registry an appropriate parameter HideFastUserSwitching was set as described in the article, too. What's wrong ???
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