Direct User Switching

Change Log

Added support for Windows 10. Changes have been made such that the popup dialog now dismisses higher priority windows (like Cortana, the start menu and notification panel) rather than being obscured by them. Also disconnecting a session that was logged on with a blank password no longer reconnects automatically.
Windows Live accounts now display the email address rather than the local user name (that is generated automatically). The SID used for storing the password has been changed to the Internet SID from the local SID. This means the saved password will work across multiple machines when roaming profiles are in use.
Changed the way the popup is launched under Windows 8/8.1 such that it does not cause Windows explorer Alt+Tab to malfunction.
A registry option has been added to remove the disconnect icon from the popup dialog and/or the disconnect item from the popup menu.
Several minor improvements have been made to the installer concerning default hot key selection and license key entry.

Added support for Windows 8. Changes have been made such that the popup dialog now displays under the active screen (rather than always the desktop screen). The installer and installed executables are now signed.
Several improvements have been made to the launching of the DUST client to avoid it giving up under long logon times that can be caused by use of roaming profiles or group policy enforcement.

Added support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The only problem was that the popup dialog showed the default user account picture rather than the appropriate one.
The use administrator privileges for switching option has been fixed to work for system languages other than English.
The launching of the DUST client under RemoteApp sessions was only suppressed for some situations. This has been suppressed in all cases now.

Command line support has been added through an additional console application and rundll32 entry point. This allows switching to a known user (or the next/previous session) for custom integration solutions.

Windows Server 2008 is now supported with the result that the new, but incompatible, Remote Application sessions are excluded. Also a registry only option has been added that allows switching to active sessions as well as the usual disconnected ones. If you wish to make use of this option then please contact support for further details.
Various minor changes have been made to improve the robustness of the software. This includes the following issues against version 1.3 that have been resolved previously through configuration changes:

For long logon times the DUST service would fail to start the client process due to a default timeout of 5 seconds. The software has been restructured for long timeouts and the default changed to 30 seconds.
Terminal Services can report itself as running before it is fully operational such that the DUST service fails during system start up. DUST now waits for Terminal Services to be fully operational before continuing.

The use administrator privileges for switching option is now available for Windows XP versions earlier than SP2.

Support has been added for Windows Vista and the limitations against Windows XP Home have been removed.
A new service component has been added to launch DUST against each logon session. This allows DUST to be given administrator privileges to combat restrictions with running under Windows Vista and Windows XP Home. This can be turned off to give the same behaviour as the previous released version.
An option has been added to use global saved passwords rather than ones on a per-user basis. Once these have been saved, the option can be disabled and they will act as fallback passwords for when there is no specific user one, or it is invalid.
The disconnect rather than lock feature will now report failures to the event log.
The installer program is now capable of automated silent installs.
Windows NT4 Terminal Server Edition is no longer supported.

There is now a control panel applet for hot key and other configuration options that previously could only have been changed through the installation program. This allows for different settings per user, except for password saving if this has been disallowed via the system default setting.
Add an option to monitor session activity and disconnect a session rather than allow it to lock out the workstation.
The disconnect icon will appear after (rather than before) any user icons with an option for before if preferred.
The service that enforces Fast User Switching also prevents the Offline Files feature from being enabled so the Group Policy install options have been removed. This should be adequate for most situations but there may be cases where it is necessary to manually set up a Group Policy.

Add an optional taskbar icon, under the notification area, from which switching can be performed via a left or right click menu. The menu also has a disconnect item.
Add support for Windows XP computers that are members of a domain (via an optional registry monitor service).
Correctly recognise Windows 2003 Server (namely treat it like Windows 2000 Server rather than Windows XP).
Better integration into Windows XP through a service that monitors appropriate registry changes. Using this service is optional but is required for the classic logon prompt or if the computer is a domain member. There is also an install option to block Offline Files such that it can not be enabled by accident and as a result stop multiple sessions being created.
Minor changes, mostly within the install program, to make the functionality more robust.