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The Purpose of Fast Logon Optimization
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Windows XP Professional includes a feature named Fast Logon Optimization. Enabled
by default, this feature allows existing users to log on by using cached credentials
instead of waiting for the network to become fully initialized before allowing logon.
This features enables faster logons from the user perspective. Group Policy and other
settings are applied in the background after logon and after the network is initialized.
Fast Logon Optimization is always turned off in the following situations:
■ The first time a user logs on to a computer
■ When a user logs on using a roaming profile, a home directory, or a user logon
script (you will learn more in Chapter 7)
How to Log Off Windows XP Professional
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To log off a computer running Windows XP Professional, click Start and then click Log
Off. Notice that the Start menu, shown in Figure 1-9, also allows you to turn off the
computer.
Figure 1-9 The Start menu provides a way to log off Windows XP Professional.
Features of the Windows Security Dialog Box
Lesson 4 Logging On and Off Windows XP Professional
The Windows Security dialog box provides information such as the user account currently
logged on, and the domain or computer to which the user is logged on. This