Fast user switching: crashing

[towalu]

Installed 10.3 over 10.2.8 and works fine except for fast user switching: desktop turns and new user's desktop is loaded, but stalls with a beach ball. Anyone same problem/any ideas? Thanks

 

[jonapete2001]

ideas: Do a fresh install. aslo what system do you have. pbook, ibook....?

 

[towalu]

Fast user switching, crashing

iMac 17" 1ghz
Did a fresh install but always crashes on fast user switch

 

[towalu]

Have reinstalled 10.3 with "archive and install". Fast user switching works now (great!) Everything else seems to work except for Norton Personal Firewall.

 

[towalu]

(I'm answering my questions myself here I guess ;-) I reinstalled Norton Personal Firewall and Fast user switching started to crash again. Finally I uninstalled NPF and now Fast user switching works fine...

 

[crees!]

Originally posted by towalu
(I'm answering my questions myself here I guess ;-) I reinstalled Norton Personal Firewall and Fast user switching started to crash again. Finally I uninstalled NPF and now Fast user switching works fine...

Yea, Norton stinks, lol. Turn on your Firewall in System Prefs and you should be fine.

 

[towalu]

At that price it shouldn't stink ;-)
What is third-party firewall soft good for anyway (as compared to Apple's built-in one)?

 

[towalu]

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