Fast user switching is logging users off instead of switching users

Posted by Nathan Osman on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Nathan Osman
Published on 2014-06-12T02:24:38Z Indexed on 2014/06/12 3:28 UTC
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I have a netbook running Windows 8.1 Pro that will no longer allow more than one user to be logged in at the same time. The steps necessary to reproduce this are as follows:

  1. The current user presses WIN to bring up the start screen.
  2. The user clicks his name in the corner and a list of other users appears.
  3. As soon as one of the other names is clicked, the user is unceremoniously logged off without any prompts.

This behavior seems to have started some time after upgrading to Windows 8.1 from Windows 8. Before that point, everything worked fine and more than one user could be logged in at the same time. I've tried searching for others experiencing similar problems but this appears to be unique.

System Details:

  • CPU: Intel Atom N455 @ 1.66 GHz
  • RAM: 1 GB
  • OS: Windows 8.1 Pro w/ Media Center 32-bit

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