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Windows Forum / Windows Me / Setup / May 2006Switch User in WinME
Hi There are three users on my computer. To switch from one user to another, the "new" user name must ALWAYS be typed in as the InputBox always comes up with the name of the previous user inserted. (Note that none of the users uses a password). Is there any way to avoid having to type this in by having a drop-down menu (showing the names of all current users) or by having an icon for each user (as in WinXP). While I doubt if there is some SETUP feature to permit this that I have overlooked (although that's always possible), perhaps somebody knows of an easily inserted script or a third-party freeware tool that brings this facility to WinME. TIA Paul You can use Family logon in ME. - you may need to install it from Network Properties - search in the Help files for 'family logon'  SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > Hi > There are three users on my computer. To switch from one user to [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > TIA > Paul > You can use Family logon in ME. > - you may need to install it from Network Properties - search in the Help > files for 'family logon' Hi Noel Thanks for your reply but I have the impression I may have mislead you as to what I'm looking for. I gather this because the only information I can find about Family Logon in WinMe refers to Internet Connection Sharing which is not at all what I need. In any event, there is no ICS adapter on this computer. When I said there were three users, I was referring to three users on the SAME computer of which we have just one---so no networking is possible. What I'm after is a means of facilitating and speeding up the switching from one user to another by avoiding having to type in the new users name. TIA Paul > -- > Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > TIA > > Paul Family Logon has nothing to do with Internet Connection Sharing and, as Noel says, everything to do with having multiple users using the same Win Me PC. I'd suggest you follow Noel's advice/suggestion. SignatureMike Maltby mike.maltby@gmail.com > Thanks for your reply but I have the impression I may have mislead you > as to what I'm looking for. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > switching from one user to another by avoiding having to type in the > new users name. Family logon has absolutely nothing to do with ICS - I don't know where you got that idea from, but they're wrong! http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=176057 SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > >> You can use Family logon in ME. [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >> > TIA >> > Paul > Family logon has absolutely nothing to do with ICS - I don't know where you > got that idea from, but they're wrong! > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=176057 Noel/Mike Thanks for your replies. In an effort to assuage your admonishments, I must point out that my computer is configured in the Portuguese language. Couple this fact with some rather loose translations from English to Portuguese throughout WinMe and, as a result, pitfalls abound. I followed the directions in the link that Noel sent. So after proceeding along the following lines: Control Panel>Network>Configurations>Add>Client>Add I end up with a list of three Microsoft options which are named (English translation from the Portuguese in which the options are presented): MS network client, Netware network client, Logon of MS products. Now which of these three do you think corresponds to what is referred to in English as MS Family Logon Client? Well, of course it's Logon of MS products. But, the word "Family" doesn't appear at all. Oh, well!! So, this explains why when, following Noel's advice, I searched the WinMe help files for Family Logon, nothing was found either in English or in Portuguese. When I went to the MS website and made a similar search, many documents resulted and I chose the one in this link which clearly relates Family Logon to ICS :http://support.microsoft.com/kb/236465/en-us#appliesto Anyway, the good news is that I now have the Family Logon (or "Logon de Produtos Microsoft" in Portuguese) installed and it's absolutely great. This is exactly what I was looking for. Many thanks, guys Paul > -- > Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > >> > TIA > >> > Paul LOL! - no wonder you were confused!! Glad you found what you were looking for - good luck! SignatureNoel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's > >> Family logon has absolutely nothing to do with ICS - I don't know where [quoted text clipped - 92 lines] >> >> > TIA >> >> > Paul |
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