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Switching Users Headache
Name: InkedMegs Date: March 2, 2004 at 14:08:01 Pacific OS: Windows XP (home) CPU/Ram: 256MB
Comment:
When I tried to switch between my mother's account and my own this morning, it sent me to the fast-user log on. We normally have it set to send to the Welcome Screen. I attempted to change this then restarted the computer.
When I restarted, the computer was in 640x 480 and would not go beyond 4-bit color. There are no other options under resolution or color. I don't know if this has anything to do with switching users necessarily. I'm also getting the mshta.exe error. I've run McAfee fully and also Spybot-Search&Destroy.
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