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Bugtraq archives for 1st quarter (Jan-Mar) 1999: Re: Win98 Screensaver - A Interesting Problem

Re: Win98 Screensaver - A Interesting Problem

Demian Ginther (DGintherSALUD.UNM.EDU)
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:48:02 -0700 

I have also seen this, especially in the case of Instant Messenger.  If my screensaver is running and i receive an Instant Message, when i type in my password, it goes into the instant message instead.

>>> Ollie Whitehouse <OllieDELPHISCONSULT.CO.UK> 02/11/99 05:27AM >>>
All,

Sorry if this that appeared before...

This is only a preliminary assessment of the problem, I don't have time to
investigate further at the moment so I thought i'd pass it out to let
someone how may have time play a little.

OS : Windows 98
Patches : All except the virtual machine update
Screensaver : Scrolling Marquee

Problem :
I have a open dos box running a copy of dos edit (focus under Windows is
placed on this), when I come back
and type in the password the screen saver password box does not pop up after
the first key press to accept this
password (strange yes, but by which time I had typed the password). I moved
the mouse the box popped up, typed in my password and all was fine (or so I
thought). Instead I looked in the DOS window and what did I see? my
screensaver password which I had typed the first time.

Strange but true... seems to be a problem with the way Windows executes the
screensaver, it does not seem to take the focus away from the DOS sessions
for some reason.

Rgds

Ollie
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