Disable fast user switching

Am using Lion on an older Mac Book Pro and Fast User Switching seems to make the system very unresponsive.
Is there a way to disable FUS, other than via
Settings > Users & Groups > Login Options > Show Fast User Switching Menu ... ?
There doesn't seem to be a control for this anywhere else.
Thanks.

I don't believe so..

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