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The case:
My wife and I share the same home PC for work, that we use independently throughout the day. We would like to be able to switch between our users without having to log out and close/reopen our respective documents and apps. Kinda like how it works on a Mac when you switch between multiple active user login sessions.
The Problem:
Whenever we try to use the "Switch User" functionality, the taskbar freezes (doesn't load) on whichever user you switch to. The only way to unfreeze the taskbar is to log out completely on one user (and subsequently close all apps/documents), and then login to the other user afterwards.
What I have tried:
Extra info:
Both users have Admin account type and our Windows 10 is updated to the latest version.
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It is very discomforting to see that relatively simple and ubiquitous peripherals like mice and keyboards can interfere with the OS so badly. Disabling HID devices is a poor workaround for something that MS should fix in the OS or the OEM manufacturers like RAZER should comply with MS specs. But then you have a MS intellimouse freezing the taskbar on an MS OS, it seems that MS itself has an internal interoperability problem.
same problem here, tried everything, so far just sticking to bandaid solutions currently, altho i have noticed that it SEEMS to be ryzen systems only because i have 2 rigs with almost identical hardware except ones intel and it never has this problem, and every post about this ive seen that includes any specs is running ryzen 3000 series or up could totaly be wrong about that tho. my systems are a i9-10900k z490 aorus xtreme motherboard, 128gb gskill ddr4 3600 cl18 ram, aorus xtreme 3080 gpu, 5 tb nvme m.2 1tb + 4tb, with no symptoms, and a ryzen9 3900x x570 aorus pro wifi motherboard, 64gb gskill ddr4 3600 cl18 ram, gigabyte 3070 gpu, 5tb nvme m.2 1tb + 4tb with symptoms
The same thing is happening to me on my BRAND new Alienware Aurora 10 PC. I have been googling this problem for weeks and have found nothing except this thread which described the exact same behavior I am having.
Sometimes when it happens, I see a fault in the Alienware Command Center, so I uninstalled it. Initially I thought it fixed the problem, but it came back today.
It is sorta reassuring to see that other people than me are having the same problem. Hopefully this will result in Microsoft taking notice and developing a solution for this.
I would urge anyone with similar problems to share their story and subscribe to the thread.
I have the same problem as well, it's pretty crazy that this is happening to so many people and yet there is no fix from Microsoft yet.
