How to Sign out and Switch User in Windows 8

Hi, Welcome to the Windows 8 world. Microsoft introduced many of new features in Windows 8, it also changed most of its basic User Interface design in a way to give easy support for touch screen mode.
In this article I am going to write about the basic options Sign out and Switch User.

You can do these basic actions in many ways.

Solution 1 to Sign out and Switch User in Windows 8 From CTRL ALT DEL Screen

Press the CTRL+ALT+DEL keys. From here you can select  Sign out (Log off) and Switch user.

NOTE: A Switch user option will not be available unless you have already added the user account

How to Switch User in Windows 8

Solution 2 to Sign out and Switch User in Windows 8 From Start Screen Screen

1.Go to the Start screen by clicking Windows key or CTRL+ESC 
2.Click your user name to select the Sign out (Log off),Switch user,Lock, option.

How to Switch User in Windows 8

Solution: 3 – From Shut Down Windows Dialog Box

1.Press the Windows+keys(Go to the desktop)
2.Press the ALT+F4 keys.
3.Now, you can select Sign out (Log off) and Switch user.

How to Switch User in Windows 8

Note : This article is applies to Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.

Thanks,
Morgan
Software Developer

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