-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Logoff & Switch User issues

To specifically answer your question regarding running a program in the context 
of another user...
If you have two user accounts, Windows allows you to run a program as though 
you were another user. So... lets say you have USER-1 and USER-2. First you log 
in as USER-1. Now, you do a SWITCH USERS and leave USER-1 logged on, but now 
you go into the other account, USER-2. While in this account, you decide to run 
a program as USER-1 (yes, there is a specific way to do this). So, we'll use an 
example. You decide to run DISKEEPER as USER-1 while you are still in the 
USER-2 account. Now, you decide to log off USER-2.

This here would be running the program in the context of the other user as 
stated in the article.

I don't think, however, that this is your problem.

How old is this specific Windows install? Meaning... when was the last time 
your system was reformatted and Windows reinstalled from scratch?

Its very possible you have spyware and adware just infesting your system. Virus 
is possible as well, though you can easily check that with an antivirus app. 
Though, to be honest with you, I rarely trust antivirus apps neither anymore.

Does this happen all the time? Or just sometime? Does it happen only when you 
do SWITCH USERS, or does it also happen when you LOG OFF user?

 
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On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:37:55 -0600, cajun12 wrote:
> I'm running Windows XP Home SP2 with two user accounts, myself and
> my = spouse.  My spouse rarely ever gets on the computer, but when
> he does, = he usually does a Switch User and leaves my programs
> open.  For some = time now he's been having trouble Logging Off or
> doing a Switch User = back to my profile.  It logs out and hangs at
> the blue Windows XP = screen.   Sometimes it sits there
> indefinitely, and other times it goes = to a black screen as though
> it's rebooting, but it's not.  The computer = stays on, and there
> is no picture on the monitor.  Clicking the mouse = button or doing
> a CTRL/ALT/DEL does nothing.  I end up having to reboot.
>
> I found an article at the following Microsoft page about this
> problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328934
>
> It seems to indicate that Service Pack 2 solves this problem, but
> I'm = running Service Pack 2.  Here's a quote about the problem:
>
> CAUSE
> This problem may occur if a program is running in the context of
> another = user who is logged on to the computer. For example, this
> problem may = occur if all the following conditions are true, in
> the order that they = are presented in: . You log on to the
> computer as one user.=20 . You switch to another user without
> logging off as the first user.=20 . You run a program in the
> context of the first user.=20 . You log off the computer as the
> second user.=20
>
> OK, so what exactly does it mean when it says "if a program is
> running = in the CONTEXT of another user who is logged on?" =20
>
> This is driving me crazy.
>
> dj=20
>
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