It doesn't broadcast the password, Brian. If you have someone so close at
logon they can see you tap the keys, then you've probably already given away
your system.
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
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Associate Expert
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"Brian Piltz" <bpiltz@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
news:c1ogdm$d16$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu...
> On a related note, it would be nice if the Tablet keyboard didn't
> broadcast
> your password when logging in.
>
> Brian
>
>
> "Mike Williams [MVP]" <mikew[removeme]@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uG1A9fN$DHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "Wayne Tam" <wtam3030********.com> wrote in message
>> news:b57ab41a.0402261815.66a69d4a@posting.google.c om...
>> > I have a machine setup with no keyboard or mouse that utilizes a
>> > touchscreen monitor. I still want to use the standard windows user
>> > login authentication prompt (Login name and Password). I know that
>> > within windows, you have the ability to get the windows onscreen
>> > keyboard to open by pressing the 'windows' button on the keyboard
>> > concurrently with the letter 'U'. But the problem in my case is that
>> > I do not have a keyboard option.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know if it is possible to start the window onscreen
>> > keyboard at start up with the standard Windows login page?
>>
>> As your question is not about Tablet PCs (which have their own solution)
> it
>> is better directed towards a general Windows XP newsgroup.
>>
>>
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