If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
winlogon and "caps lock on"
When an XP workstation is locked, the Winlogon/msGina software provides an
editbox for entering the user's password. If CAPS LOCK is set, a text balloon is displayed when the editbox obtains the focus, warning the user that CAPS LOCK is on. Is there a way to disable this balloon? If not a registry setting, could it be done in a replacement Gina that hooks the msGina? Thanks |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
winlogon and "caps lock on"
This ballooon is a feature of the Windows API itself; any password input-box shows this behaviour regardless of the calling program. There might be a registry value to change this setting, but basically it happens for any password-input, even in programs you write yourself, so changing the logon GUI won't make any odds. In principle it's a good idea anyway, as a high proportion of user-lockouts happen for this very reason. When an XP workstation is locked, the Winlogon/msGina software provides an editbox for entering the user's password. If CAPS LOCK is set, a text balloon is displayed when the editbox obtains the focus, warning the user that CAPS LOCK is on. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
winlogon and "caps lock on"
Hi Anteaus
I just wrote a simple win32 app and MFC app that both display a dialog with a "password" edit box (attribute.eq.ES_PASSWORD). The "caps lock" balloon does not show in either case when the edit box has focus. I think that this "feature" must be pegged to the system desktop and winlogon. Thanks dmm "Anteaus" wrote: This ballooon is a feature of the Windows API itself; any password input-box shows this behaviour regardless of the calling program. There might be a registry value to change this setting, but basically it happens for any password-input, even in programs you write yourself, so changing the logon GUI won't make any odds. In principle it's a good idea anyway, as a high proportion of user-lockouts happen for this very reason. When an XP workstation is locked, the Winlogon/msGina software provides an editbox for entering the user's password. If CAPS LOCK is set, a text balloon is displayed when the editbox obtains the focus, warning the user that CAPS LOCK is on. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
winlogon and "caps lock on"
dmm wrote:
Hi Anteaus I just wrote a simple win32 app and MFC app that both display a dialog with a "password" edit box (attribute.eq.ES_PASSWORD). The "caps lock" balloon does not show in either case when the edit box has focus. I think that this "feature" must be pegged to the system desktop and winlogon. Thanks dmm "Anteaus" wrote: This ballooon is a feature of the Windows API itself; any password input-box shows this behaviour regardless of the calling program. There might be a registry value to change this setting, but basically it happens for any password-input, even in programs you write yourself, so changing the logon GUI won't make any odds. In principle it's a good idea anyway, as a high proportion of user-lockouts happen for this very reason. When an XP workstation is locked, the Winlogon/msGina software provides an editbox for entering the user's password. If CAPS LOCK is set, a text balloon is displayed when the editbox obtains the focus, warning the user that CAPS LOCK is on. Since password can (and should) contain both upper and lower case letters plus numbers and special characters the caps lock message appears so the user knows to turn off the caps lock otherwise a correct password can't be entered (assuming a strong password is used). |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|