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I have an old Windows 7 laptop. When I lock it (for example, using WinKey + L), it takes about half a second to show the lock screen. But then, when I click the Switch User button, it can take a full minute. As slow as my laptop is, the difference between these two operations is pretty noticeable.
So, what goes on in Windows when I click Switch User that's so much slower to complete than locking?
T. C.
Posted 2015-10-05T19:55:30.913
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5Swapping all your programs out to disk and loading the other user's programs? – DavidPostill – 2015-10-05T20:05:52.510
@DavidPostill I'm not talking about actually logging in as another user, but just falling back to the users selection screen. Still, swapping all my programs to disk sounds a pretty reasonable cause for the slowdown. Is there any documentation or other material that confirms this? – T. C. – 2015-10-05T20:08:59.030
@TheodorosChatzigiannakis try this https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/279782 and https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/9d5ccd4e-41c5-40b1-91dd-fb765a1018a6/how-does-switch-user-works-internally-in-windows?forum=w7itprogenera
– Antoops – 2015-12-18T04:07:10.063