computer guys i need help right quick

[southstylestang 10+ year member]

ok my computer was real slow so i went to tweak xp and done a few things to my computer so startup wouldnt be so slow and have a ton of programs and services running in the background. i had it done and it all worked fine, no problems. i shut the computer down about 10 times getting the settings just right. everything worked great, computer was fast. since then the internet is a lil slower //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif but the biggest thing is the switch user feature. it worked yesterday. i usually leave aim or somthing downloading up and just go to start: log off: switch user so other people can get on. i done that the other night and yesterday morning i got up and the computer had been shut down. (stepbrother likes to shut it down and then get on his account) when i logged in onto my account it said the settings was reset. so i redone them and now i cant use the "switch user" feature. when i try nothing happens. i can only shut the computer down. i went to control panel: user accounts and set it for "use fast user switching" but it wont save that setting when i enable it. and yes my account is the computer admin and nobody elses is. so does anybody have any ideas how i can fix this. is there something in msconfig that im not enabeling or have enabled thats causing this? please help me. last time i had a problem out of this computer my stepdad had somthing to say and it didnt go over real well. i sorta ended up getting kicked out of the house b/c im trying to fix this computer. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

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[thch 10+ year member]

have you tried google?

is it possible one of the settings you changed has removed the switch user ability.

can you switch users with the switch user hotkey (i think it is either WIN+s or WIN+l) I haven't used windows on my desktop in a while so i forgot exactly which.

google seem to like:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm (search user switching)

you should probably back up the registry in case it didn't work.

also concider:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294739

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;280758

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279765

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

first of all, what do u mean when u say u went to tweak xp?

checc these out

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=can%27t+switch+user+xp

 

[Rasheedhos]

what i believe is that they reset the users, all you have to do is go to control panel and select users and create accounts for everyone who's were deleted not the best solution but it should keep peace in your house it would be good if you can format your computer before you do all of this

 

[southstylestang 10+ year member]

what i mean by tweak xp is http://www.tweakxp.com. if i had some more blank cds i would get everything off of my computer right quick and just wipe the harddrive clean and start completely over. as far as the user accounts theres only 2. mine is the admin and everybody else uses the other account. ive went to control panel and done the switch user functions. itll let me select them but it wont save the changes. thanks for the help tho. ill snoop around on those links and see if i can find anything. it looks like i might just have to deal with it untill i can get some cds. i need to get alot of this stuff off of my computer anyways. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif just a note tho i did search for this stuff but all i got was stuff tellin me how to do it. i cant find anything tellin me why i cant do it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif thanks again tho. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

thats called restore to factory settings, what kind of computer like what company (ie dell compaq)

 

[southstylestang 10+ year member]

its a dell. thanks tho i figured it out (knock on wood) i gotta reboot my computer to make sure its working. and i didnt wanna restore it back to factory settings b/c its too slow that way. i catch shit around here when somethings wrong with the computer. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif but thanks guys the links helped alot. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif