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important speech in Microsoft Word. Now Robin, a co-worker/family

member/fellow student, wants to duck in to do a quick email check.

In the old days, you might have rewarded Robin with eye-rolling and heavy
sighs, or worse. To accommodate the request, you would have had to shut
down your whole ecosystem—interrupting the download, closing your

windows, saving your work, and exiting your programs. You would have
had to sign out completely.

Thanks to Fast User Switching, however, none of that is necessary. See

Figure 18-11.

The words “Signed in” beneath your name indicate that you haven’t
actually signed off. Instead, Windows has memorized the state of affairs in

your account—complete with all open windows, documents, and programs
—and shoved it into the background.