Super fast user switching

Super fast user switching is a powertoy which makes it easy to switch the active user. But you must be a member of the administrator group to see other users! Quite useless for normal users, but this is done on purpose. I contacted Lou, the programmer of fast.exe, and he said (quote):

“It actually has to do with permissions. As a regular user, you don’t have access to the (InteractiveLogon) service. This is because I didn’t want to open another hole in Windows. This is unavoidable.”

The solution opens a hole, but makes super fast user switching usable. (more…)

administrator password, cmd file, computer, c documents, documents and settings, menu programs, msconfig, powertoy, production systems, registry entry, run registry, service properties, shortcut, switching, Windows, windows system32

Written by Jason on November 14th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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How to make the writing bigger in Vista

If you get a brand new PC with Vista, the chances are that you will also have a new screen. That screen will most likely be a flat TFT screen with a huge resolution like 1440 x 900. You should always use TFT screens at their “native resolution” but some people then find that the writing is too small to read comfortably. DO NOT be tempted to change the screen resolution like you use to do with the old CRT screens. This may make the writing bigger, but it will be fuzzier.

You can make the writing and icons bigger whilst keeping the crispness by using the following procedure: (more…)