F-Prot & WinXP Home multiple User problems

"* * Chas" <dnafutz.DeleteThis@aol.spam.com> wrote:
> "Zvi Netiv" <support.DeleteThis@replace_with_domain.com> wrote in message
> news:ec4t121kttujva758to8e1e95jphfmc5fe@4ax.com...

> <snip>
> > > > On 20.03.06 02:51:48 "* * Chas" <dnafutz.DeleteThis@aol.spam.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >I just built a new PC for some friends using WinXP Home SP2.
> > > > >
> > > > >I created 3 Users and ran all of the appropriate Windows Updates
> > > > >before installing F-Prot for Windows 3.16F.

> <snip>
> > > What happens now is that FPAVUPDM.EXE and F-STOPW.EXE load for each user
> > > and work when I first boot the system but they shut down when I Log Off
> > > and Switch Users. All 3 users are set up as Administrators while I'm
> > > configuring the system.
> >
> > It's a well known issue and the problem is with the XP "fast" user switching.
> >
> > Open User Accounts from the XP control panel, go to "change the way users log on
> > or off" and clear the box to use fast user switching. This should resolve the
> > problem, and users switching will now be done the old way, that is by logging
> > off the current user before logging in the new one.

> Thanks Zvi. I've been following your posts since the old CServe AV
> Forum.

Wow! It's twelve years since!

> This is the first time I've set up a multi user PC and the first
> time (and last) I've used XP Home.
>
> Fast user switching without AV protection - so much for the highly
> touted XP security!

IMO, XP's fast user switching, as well as "system restore" and some of the SP2
security center features, are half baked. The problem experienced haunts quite
a few real-time AV when running under XP. The cause is the way these
applications hook the file system and their need to be exclusive when they kick
in. Users fast switching doesn't reinitialize all user dependent services and
some of these services are still assigned to the previous user when switching in
fast mode.

The fact that XP offers all sorts of features doesn't imply that you must use
them all. Like a car capable of speeding to 140 MPH ...

Cheers, Zvi

> I'll make the changes and take away Administrator privileges as soon as
> I finish install some more software and fine tuning the system.
>
> Chas
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