A simple request

[Steve Thackery]

Why can the type cursor always be on the password field, without having to

move the mouse and select it to type.
It is a simple but absolutely necessary thing. Where else would the cursor
be useful if the user is already selected to type the password?

I totally agree, but here's something strange: on my machine it always used
to work like as you (and I) would wish. And then two or three weeks ago
that it just stopped working.

In fact, I've watched closely, and the flashing cursor does first appear in
the password box for a fraction of a second, and then it disappears again,
requiring you to click on the password box.

So I'm guessing that something I've installed, and which loads during
startup, is stealing the focus away from the password box. The trouble is,
I haven't a clue what, and I can't be bothered to start uninstalling things
or doing system restores.

Little things like this do matter.

SteveT

 

[JPG]

Great Thats what I was expecting to hear.

Still I the mouse is pressed accidentally, the cursor should not unfocus.
There is no reason at all to point the cursor anywhere else in the wellcome
screen.


thanks

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

You *really* want your mouse snapping to wherever it *thinks* it's supposed
to go next? Do you think it's going to be correct even half the time?

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

And the TAB key is probably the answer you're looking for (unless you really
want to track down the cause and remove it.) Tab once or twice, or even
three or four times, and I'll bet the cursor is where is belongs, ready to
go.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

You *really* want your mouse snapping to wherever it *thinks* it's
supposed to go next? Do you think it's going to be correct even half the
time?

If the registry key for that setting is found, you can copy it to the logon
screen desktop settings instead, and then turn that setting off again. I
did this to make the dialogue boxes 'themed' using my own visual style, when
using the domain style logon (not welcome screen), in XP.

ss.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Interesting idea, for sure. Not really up to tracking it down, though.
Haven't decided what new tracking app to get for Vista, since I really need
one. Got all the way through XP without one, but I wasn't really supporting
it that much, either. My licensed copy of RegSnap is *very* old. Can't even
find the registration email.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Interesting idea, for sure. Not really up to tracking it down, though.
Haven't decided what new tracking app to get for Vista, since I really
need one. Got all the way through XP without one, but I wasn't really
supporting it that much, either. My licensed copy of RegSnap is *very*
old. Can't even find the registration email.

Well, there's always Sysinternals Process Monitor or RegMon. TweakUI for XP
allows the current user desktop settings to be copied over to the logon
screen desktop settings, so investigating what that does will lead you to
the right area of the registry. That's what I did, anyway. I could look
for the saved reg key I made if you are interested.

ss.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

What I was expressing an interest in is an app that tracks all changes
(files, Registry, etc.) between point A and point B in time. Useful for
making more complete uninstallers, for example. Seems to me that those
Sysinternals apps are much more detailed and full of extraneous material
than I want in such an app.

And, yes, I'm interested. But if it's a pain, I'll just repeat the
procedure, or even use it to test a few new apps, see which is most to my
liking.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Thank you.