Naughty Dog Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I'm kinda in a jam when my dad wants to play his poker on his account. Every time when I am not at home and he wants to play his game, he kinda needs me since I'm the only one that know how to switch accounts and he is completely new to computers. All he knows is how to click on his name on the welcome screen, open a program, scroll on a webpage, and close programs and I don't really want him to constantly have to switch on the start menu in vista with that little arrow. To make a long story short, is there any commands or such like "shutdown -r" or such that just show all the usernames on the welcome screen so he can just click that on my dock? I don't or really would not prefer it just locking my account and only showing that. It would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r47xdy88 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 i think i understand what your trying to get at but just tell him to hit Win key+L and then hit "switch users" that only 2 steps better than all that clicking if he cant get that then i dont know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tao muon Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 why not log out when you're not using the computer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Dog Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 i think i understand what your trying to get at but just tell him to hit Win key+L and then hit "switch users" that only 2 steps better than all that clicking if he cant get that then i dont know. ok, thanks but I'm still curious if there is such out of curiousity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Reid Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I've been wondering this too. What they did with the power buttons and fast user switching buttons in the startmenu are the one thing that really annoys me about vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted May 23, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 23, 2007 Well, one thing that might help would be setting a screensaver or sleep timer and have it go to the Welcome Screen afterward. As for a shortcut, I don't know how you'd make one but I'm sure you can. There's a gadget that does it: http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.asp...p;bt=1&pl=1 Just make a .js file that does whatever that does (or use it, if it's good enough). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Dog Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 What are the commands for the js command and do I type in the commands in notepad and save it as .js? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted May 23, 2007 Veteran Share Posted May 23, 2007 Haha, the gadget doesn't even do it from script. It has goofy shortcuts included, however the one that concerns you is a shortcut to: %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll, LockWorkStation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Dog Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 Thanks a lot Brandon Live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herby Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Try %SystemRoot%\System32\Tsdiscon.exe It takes you directly to the "Switch User" screen. :) The attached zip contains the following shortcuts & scripts: Eject PC, Hibernate, Lock Computer, Log Off, Power Off, Reboot, Shut Down, Shut Down Dialog, Standby & Switch User. Vista_Shut_Down_Scripts.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Dog Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Thanks so much Herby, it was exactly what I was looking for and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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