[X4U] "Shutdown" when other Users are active won't work

[Kansas Territory]

On Nov 14, 2004, at 3:20 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> Sometimes I want to shut down the computer, and don't want to go to 
> the trouble of logging into my wife's account, logging her out, 
> re-logging into my own account, and then shutting down.
>
> OSX provides a mechanism--supposedly--for this:  if I select Shut Down 
> from the Apple menu, it warns me that the other user is logged in, and 
> that I need to enter an administrator's name and password, and that 
> all data will be lost in any opened & unsaved documents.  I do 
> this....and nothing happens.  I've waited many minutes before, even 
> left my computer for a while, and when I return...nothing.

LOL that's to prevent your wife from comin' back and saying "YOU DID 
WHAT!??"


> Is anyone ELSE able to make this work?

It seems I tried this once before, some OSX versions ago, and the same 
thing happened to me, nothing happened.

I figure it's best if I have to restart like that.. or I'm going to 
install an update that will require a restart, I check to make sure no 
other accounts are logged in, and if so, log them out.

Kansas