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by arfs3

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Hello. I have windows xp home, sp3. I have followed all steps as outlined in your forums as well as from Microsoft.

- I am not in a domain
- I do not have a tab for offline in folders,through tooks, and work offline is unchecked in the Edit tab
- It used to work fine and I don't know what happened. Could it be related to iTunes?
- FUS is enabled in user accounts, and remains checked (unlike other users with similar problem)
- I am logged in as administrator
- Start menu is in classic view
- Terminal services is set at auto and is currently running

we use FUS a lot and this is driving my family nuts.

Any other thoughts?? Thanks a billion.

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by rob miners

Click Start, Run type regedt32 and press Enter.
Navigate to this Key.
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
Value Name: AllowMultipleTSSessions
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = Disable Fast User Switching, 1= Enable)

In the right hand pane right click AllowMultipleTSSessions and select Modify, change the Value to 1

Modifying the Registry can be dangerous right click on winlogon and select export to save a backup.

Keep us informed as to your progress if you require further assistance. ;) :D

by arfs3

Followed your suggested path in the registry, and found the value to already be set at 1.

So I left it as is, and am coming back to report as you had asked. Hopefully there are more suggestions as this is driving me and my family nuts. Thank you!!!

by arfs3

Here's where it becomes interesting. I have tried this, but there is no tab for offline files in my folder options. Is there another way to find out if offline files has been enabled?

by arfs3

I do not have the ginadll key. The keys in that section of the registry go right from forceunlock logon (which is set at (0)) to HibernationPreviouslyEnabled (set at (1))

hmmm. this is a mystery!!!

Meanwhile, I DO appreciate your help. I'm sure we'll hit upon a solution sooner or later!

by thumbsup2

At least one account must have a password set.

Also, have you tried going to the user accounts and disabling fast user switching, reboot, then come back and enable fast user switching again?

It's also possible that something has set the auto-logon feature. I've even seen computers that have had the auto-admin logon feature set which takes yet another registry tweak to fix. Perhaps iTunes does that with the installer account. The installer is being auto-logged on and FUS is disabled.

by arfs3

The simplest solution and it worked perfectly. I HADN'T thought of it - so I turned off FUS and rebooted, then re-enabled it, and now fast user switching works! I always think the solution would be complicated and then they turn out to be the simplest and most obvious. Thank you VERY VERY much and I hope that this easy solution will help others too. MUCH appreciated! Happy holidays!

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