Robert writes: "I have run into an issue with Fast User Switching. (17" PB, 1.33 GHz, 1.5 RAM, OS X 10.4.4) I log in to my main account and all goes well. I can leave it overnight, come back in ...

Here's an oddity that I just recently started noticing: I have Fast User Switching enabled, and when I attempt to login to a secondary local user account by selecting that username from the list ...

Now in the right-hand section, scroll down and access Hide entry points for the Fast User Switching setting by double-clicking on it. This will open a new window for that setting.

We'd like to revisit a group of issues that occur when fast user switching is invoked under Mac OS X 10.4.x. Most fast user switching issues have to do with process ownership: when one user is the ...

The only hassle associated with this–and it’s a minor one, I’ll grant you–is the process of actually switching between users. In Windows 7, for example, you have to click Start, then the ...

The only problem is, when I go to do fast user switching, (Winkey + L), now it brings me to the creen ala NT and 2k about the machine being locked.

Disabling Fast User Switching prevents the issue from happening, but that obviously leaves the login feature inaccessible. Having the screensaver disabled in System Preferences for all users doesn ...