Is there a quicker way to switch user accounts on Windows 7?

Question

In our household multiple people use Windows 7 on one machine, each with his own account.

To switch, we do this:

• press WINDOWS-L
• click "switch user" (wait 3-4 seconds)
• click on user icon
• type in password
• press enter (wait 2-3 seconds)

Is there a faster way to quickly log into another account?

Answer 1

See this post, it is for Vista but should work for W7. The only other thing that could speed up the process is to remove the passwords from the accounts.

http://blog.dotsmart.net/2008/01/17/shortcut-to-switch-user-in-windows-vista/

Answer 2

Yes, there is a quicker way Press Ctrl + Alt + Del, then click switch user, etc.

If time is important to you you will save around 3 sec!

Answer 3

There is no faster way, there has to be some way to tell the computer you want to switch users (WINDOWS-L). Then you need to choose which user you want. Then you need to authenticate (unless you remove the password).

There's absolutely no quicker way to do this other than just using a single account. What steps could be removed, you will still have to select the account and type in a password. You will still have to activate some change user window.

Maybe if you just each want your own desktop you could get a windowing program (makes multiple desktops which each hold their own windows. Here's one http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/