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In Windows XP only, there is a "Shut Down" menu that provides access to Standby, Hibernate, Turn off, Restart, Log Off, and Switch User. This is because, by default in Windows XP, pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete opens the Task Manager instead of opening a dialog that provides access to the Task Manager in addition to the options mentioned above.
Fast user switching in Windows is based on Remote Desktop Services technology. [3] In Windows XP, GINA which is a component of Winlogon, and with which fast user switching interacts, can be programmatically called to automate a fast user switch. [4] A PowerToy known as Super fast user switcher was offered in 2002 by
[3] [7] [8] Fast User Switching allows users to switch between user accounts on the local computer without quitting software and logging out. Fast User Switching is part of Winlogon and uses RDS to accomplish its switching feature. [9] [10] Third-party developers have also created client
User control over Windows Updates is removed (except in enterprise versions). In earlier versions, users could opt for updates to be installed automatically, or to be notified so they could update as and when they wished, or not to be notified; and they could choose which updates to install, using information about the updates.
It is also possible in Windows Vista to specify a limit for the total size of the local cache and another sub-limit for the space used by automatically cached files. Manually cached files are never removed from the local cache even if the cache limit is reached. In Windows XP, Offline Files could not be enabled when Fast User Switching was ...
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: Microsoft included a user interface to change User Account Control settings, and introduced one new notification mode: the default setting. By default, UAC does not prompt for consent when users make changes to Windows settings that require elevated permission through programs stored in %SystemRoot% and ...
Switch focus to the next/previous tab/view within a window Ctrl+Tab ↹: Ctrl+Tab ↹. Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Tab ↹. Ctrl+Tab ↹-> Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Tab ↹ <- Switch focus to the next/previous panel on the desktop Ctrl+Alt+Tab ↹ / Ctrl+Alt+⇧ Shift+Tab ↹: Switch focus to the next/previous panel (without dialog) Ctrl+Alt+Esc / Ctrl+Alt+⇧ Shift+Esc
The Alt+Tab ↹ key combination to switch between windows has been present in all versions of Windows since Windows 1.0. [15] However, there was no visual indication of the list of windows available when switching between windows until Windows 3.1 , when this feature was introduced as the 'Fast "Alt+TAB" Switching' checkbox in the Display ...