Situation: I'm remotely logged into a Windows 7 PC as local administrator. A basic user sits down at said Windows 7 PC and tries to logon using their ID. It actually allows them to kick my administrator login off unless I respond in 30 seconds. 1. How can a basic user kick off an admin? Before in Windows XP if a machine was locked in any way an admin or current must login to that machine. I don't want basic public users to have the ability to bump me from a machine I'm currently working on. 2nd issue Similar to the first issue. In XP I could remote desktop as an administrator and kick off anyone who was logged on at that time. Now I don't have that authority even though I'm and administrator. It asks them if they will allow it. Why do they get a choice when I'm an administrator? I should be able to bump them off and take control without giving them an option. That's why I'm an admin. This is useful on a college campus with public PCs. This could be a security issue since a basic user can overpower an administrator.

Hi, It can be caused by Fast User Switching. Please take the following steps to disable Fast User Switching Feature: 1) Click Start, type GPEDIT.MSC in Start Search bar, and press enter. 2) Find the following entry: Local Computer Policy > Computer Congfiguration->Administartor Templates->System->Logon 3) Double click "Hide entry points for Fast User Switching", enable it. More reference: Hiding Fast User Switching Best Regards Dale Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”

Dale, Thanks for the info! I thought maybe that this could be an issue. In XP once you connect to a domain it disables fast user switching by default. Guess it doesn't do this in Windows 7. This fixed the first problem! UPDATE: This hasn't solved the problem. I've gotten to the point where I can lock a computer at a machine locally. Once I log in remotely to that computer with same local admin account it reverts back to basic login. Really just need to find out how to lock a machine when logging on remotely. For some reason it goes back to a basic login with CTRL + ALT + DEL and never tells the user that I'm logged on remotely until they login. It seems to be some type of session problem but can't figure it out. Have been scouring through group policy to find a solution. Thanks for the help! Justin