Click on the user name under whose profile you want to login.Windows 7 displays the login screen, where all current Windows users are listed.Click on ' Switch User' from the menu that appears when clicking on the side arrow (see screenshot).

Windows 7 displays a control button in the lower right corner of the start menu, which access basic computer functions, like Log off, Lock, Sleep, Shut down, and.If the other user comes back to the computer before you have left, here is what you need to do this is also the second case, where you change user while another Windows user is logged in and using the computer: in other words, how to sign in to Windows as another user, without logging off first. When you are done, you can safely log off (just don't turn off the computer), and the other user will be able to login to Windows when he/she comes back to the PC.Click on your user name, enter your password, and you are inside Windows.Windows 7 will then change screen, and list all the users currently setup.Notice that a ' Switch User' button is displayed below the current user name click on it.The login screen in Windows 7 will say if the computer is currently locked, but also leave you an alternative to sign in through your Windows account.

If you come to your computer, and find it unattended with another user already logged in, do not log off, turn off or restart the computer: all you need to do is described below.įirst case: you want to login to Windows, but the computer is locked: Switch user: sign in to Windows under a different profile

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