On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 00:51 +0200, Jan Braun wrote: > Colin Guthrie schrob: > > Also most people expect to get exclusive access ot the sound h/w when > > switching users (it's how it works on Windows and Mac OS) > > While fiddling with a relative's computer today, I was surprised to find > out the technical assertion is not true. The 32-bit XP Home Personal > installation on it had vlc happily continuing audio playback on one user > account while I was fast-user-switched to a different (admin) account. > > Sigh, > Jan I believe the statement was made with reference to Windows Vista/7, which actually HAS some security features, instead of the "oh, every process is allowed to do everything" approach of XP.
