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Windows User Log On Question.

  • 13-10-2011 08:45PM
    #1
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭


    Arghh!!!!

    I've just turned on a Windows 7 machine here and the user name coming onscreen is not mine.

    Trying for the life of me to figure out how to switch users so I can log on with my account.

    Anybody got an idea?


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  • #2
    RolandIRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,924 ✭✭✭✭RolandIRL


    Start Button (usually in the bottom left), hover over the arrow next to "Shut Down" and select "Log Off". That'll bring you back to the welcome screen you see when you start the computer

    startbutton_1.jpg


  • #3
    studiorat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭studiorat


    It wants log in someone else's name. I'm not able to change the log in name.

    I'm still on the log in window, I'm not even on the desk top yet!


  • #4
    xsiborg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    press the escape key and then switch user, crisis averted... ;)

    and when you go to shut doen the computer, if it asks do you still want to shut down while other users are logged on and that they'll lose any unsaved data if you do, i'd suggest you go right ahead and shut down.


  • #5
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,203 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    If you don't have a Switch User button or an "other user" option, you need to go and talk to whoever looks after the machines/domain.


  • #6
    xsiborg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,635 ✭✭✭xsiborg


    Fysh wrote: »
    If you don't have a Switch User button or an "other user" option, you need to go and talk to whoever looks after the machines/domain.

    hadn't thought of the idea it could have been on a domain Fysh, good call! :)


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  • #7
    carveone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭carveone


    You might be able to use Ctrl-Alt-Del (I had to hit it twice for some reason on this XP machine) to get a traditional login: password: prompt. Especially on a domain...


  • #8
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 96,078 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    carveone wrote: »
    You might be able to use Ctrl-Alt-Del (I had to hit it twice for some reason on this XP machine)
    That's normal for XP home.


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