title: Windows XP fast user switching
abstract: The Windows NT family of operating systems has always supported the concept of multiple user accounts, but they've taken the concept a step further with Windows XP's Fast User Switching feature. Fast User Switching is a new feature of Windows XP that allows multiple users to log on to the same machine and quickly switch between the logged on accounts. Fast User Switching is implemented using some of the built-in capabilities of Terminal Services. Terminal Server has been around for a while but is much more feature rich and integrated in Windows XP. A machine with the terminal services (Remote Desktop) client can log on to and run applications on a remote machine running the terminal server
keyphrases: Windows XP Fast User Switching operating systems multiple user accounts Terminal Services Terminal Server Remote Desktop multiple user logon access