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Log In with Different User Credentials on the Same Computer Using IE8

Symptom:

If you log in with two different user accounts in two different windows on the same computer, the login information of one user account overwrites the other. The product behaves inconsistently with the security attributes of one of the users. This inconsistency happens because the UI stores login information in the Internet Explorer 8 browser context, and the browser shares context with other browser instances by default.

Note: Earlier versions of Internet Explorer do not have this issue.

Solution:

To work around these issues that can occur as a result of this sharing, perform one of the following actions:

• Use different computers for different user logins.
• Start Internet Explorer 8 with the option -nomerge. Enter this command on a Windows command line or create or modify a shortcut:

  C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nomerge
  

  This option tells Internet Explorer 8 to use a separate context for each window. Separate tabs within the same Internet Explorer 8 window always share context.