"Switch User" vs. "Lock Screen" keyboard shortcut?

[Yousuf Khan]

I used to use Ubuntu but after installing Mint, I left Ubuntu.

Good for you.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Does that get you to the desktop in Win 7? In previous versions of
Windows, Alt-Tab only cycles through the open application windows.

Alt-Tab won't do it, but the Win-Tab will.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Hi, Yousuf.

Am I missing something here? Why not just press Start, <Left>, <Left>,
<Down>?

RC

Yeah, the idea is to get from the desktop to the user login screen in
one keystroke, like you could in XP.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Char Jackson]

You've already been told, by me and others, that Alt+F4 brings up that
dialogue, plus more, so what is your problem?

But it doesn't, unless you're already sitting on the desktop.

 

[- Bobb -]

Previously in Windows XP, I used to use the Win logo + L keys to switch
out of an user account and login to another account.

Is "Users must enter a user name and password to use" checked ?

Logging off and on 'Normally' ( no shortcut) :
on XP, did you have to enter username/password at startup ?
Or "choose from list"

Same thing on Win7 ? Normally

With Windows 7, it no longer
takes you to the full user login screen, instead it just takes you to a
current user re-login screen. You then have to click on additional menus
to get to the full user login screen. Is there some way to get to the
full-user login screen with a keyboard shortcut anymore?

Yousuf Khan

See

social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7security/thread/63cea659-f6a0-412d-a0b1-952a26c1df44



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Originally he was told: (From msft newsgroup Jan 2010)



When you first boot up your system, you'll see all users on the welcome
screen.

Likewise, if you log off your computer, it will return to the full list.

However, if your screensaver is set to lock your computer, it will lock and
return to a modified view only showing the current user. The only way to go
back to the full list is to click "Switch user". This is by design, and
cannot be changed.



He does mention a reghack there - for an issue a bit different than yours
though.

Perhaps you'll see something in the thread.

 

[johnbee]

Yeah, the idea is to get from the desktop to the user login screen in one
keystroke, like you could in XP.

Yousuf Khan

I have not really followed this thread so you might already have been told
this. When you want to switch users, by any means, a program is run. On my
PC it is called tsdiscon.exe

If you put a shortcut to it on the desktop and then change the properties of
the shortcut by inserting a keystroke in the relevant property, it will
immediately run and get what you seem to want. I suppose that, for example
Ctrl Alt S would not count as one keystroke, but it is a snappy way to do
the trick. S is short for switch of course. If you do this you will have
to find out for yourself how to make a pretty icon for this because I don't
do such things. Also, you might be able to use a function key, which would
be one keystroke. I don't usually deal with function keys or single
keystrokes because I am not a great typist and hitting the wrong key
accidentally would be a great nuisance.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

That was a presumption on my part.

Win-L didn't require any presumptions, it worked globally within Windows.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Bob I]

Win-L didn't require any presumptions, it worked globally within Windows.

Actually not, Win-L with XP on a domain = Lock PC (no user switching)

 

[johnbee]

Win-L didn't require any presumptions, it worked globally within Windows.

Yousuf Khan

It is odd that you made that rather unpleasant reply to my message
explaining exactly and precisely what you can do to achieve what you say you
wanted. Are you rude to helpful people because you are tough and think that
people who help you are feeble?

 

[Yousuf Khan]

It is odd that you made that rather unpleasant reply to my message
explaining exactly and precisely what you can do to achieve what you say
you wanted. Are you rude to helpful people because you are tough and
think that people who help you are feeble?

I'm not sure what you found so rude?

Yousuf Khan

 

[Char Jackson]

I'm not sure what you found so rude?

Yousuf Khan

I didn't see it, either. Your posts in this thread have looked fine to
me. Perhaps he was replying to someone else, but I wouldn't know who.