Hi all,

Anyone know if an account can be set up in XP so that when you 'switch users' from it it actually logs that account out rather than leaving it active (ie, applications continue running)?

I'd like to configure the family machine to log the kids accounts out when they 'switch user' out of it, but for my wife's account I want to leave it as it - all applications active, etc...

Reason being, sometimes the kids (4 & 7) leave games running in their accounts & it kills the performance when my wife signs on.

I do not believe that the capability you are looking for exists natively in Windows XP. However, if your wife's acct has administrative access on the box, she can go in to Task Manager once she logs in and manually log off other user sessions on the machine. Not an ideal solution, I know, but better than having to log on as other users and log them off.

Thx for the reply... would there be a place where I could set up a program to run when she 'switches' to her account - kind of like startup when you initially log on?

If so, I could probably write a script to log them off automatically from there...

Interesting question. If I understand it correctly, you want when your wife switches to her account a program automatically runs to log off other users, correct? I don't know of any way to do that, but I like the concept.

I think the best way to do what you want is what JDMnAR suggested...log off the other session(s) via the Task Manager.