Keep CO connected when Switching users

miatch · 08/16/2006, 22:00

I'm not sure if this will help anyone but it really helped me and i figured i'd share it, If you use a computer thats used by more than just you like i do and like people not to be on your account but want CO to stay connected when using fast-switching users on windows XP I have found figured out a way.

1. Start the Registry Editor (Click on Start > Run, type Regedit and press OK)
2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \ Winlogon
3. Right-click an empty space in the right-hand pane, and from the menu select New > String value
4. Name the new value "KeepRASConnections" (without the quotations)
5. Right-click the KeepRASConnections value, and choose Modify from the menu
6. Enter 1 as the Value data
7. Close the registry editor and log off from Windows for the changes to take effect

Next time you switch user (Start > Log Off > Switch User), you won't lose your connection to CO!

Hope this helps some of you out like it helped me, if you have any questions just post them.

lostsolder05 · 08/16/2006, 22:06

cool but i dont know many people who switch user acc's

miatch · 08/16/2006, 22:12

yeah, it deffinately wont help everyone.. but if it helps someone than it was worth the post, and i didnt see anything on the forums about it, so i figured why not..

lostsolder05 · 08/16/2006, 22:21

hey...its better to know than not know lol

Waverunner · 08/16/2006, 22:25

Thanks, I'll use it

yaoyeng · 08/17/2006, 01:18

great..nice tip

miatch · 08/17/2006, 01:58

your both welcome, glad it could help someone else besides just me! :P

KatsuAkimoto · 08/17/2006, 02:02

Actually, this could help out my friend, he has to share his computer with 3 sisters and his parents:\
There are like 6 accounts on his computer lol...
Anyway, good job, nice find.

-Ashi- · 08/17/2006, 02:51

nice =D but i deleted every1 who made an account on my laptop LOL

stillnoob · 08/17/2006, 19:23

cool it will help me someday ^^ *** job!

Sphen · 08/17/2006, 19:44

I will definitely benifit from this, thank you for this.

Wolvereness · 08/17/2006, 21:15

This would be a good replacement for double-desktop. Add a password to your account, bamn, protect yourself from missuse of account from others. Interesting....

valtcho · 08/17/2006, 21:49

Dude thanks so much i have been looking for some tool like this for sooo long i didn't know u could even do it. This will help me a lot i share my copm with 2 brothers and one sister and they all have their own accounts.

poiu · 08/17/2006, 22:06

This is great! just what i was wanting to do as i lock my desctop to the login screen and didn't realise that it disconnects CO. Thanks for the help!

miatch · 08/18/2006, 04:51

wow i really didnt think this would help that many people! hope it works alright for everyone that has done it so far :P