Password bypass - Is this possible?

[Guest]

I wrote an application for people to clock-in and clock-out. It works fine
except when the machine isn’t used for more than 30 minutes it does the usual
Windows thing of locking itself and requiring a password to unlock it. My
users don’t want to remember a password and I’m not allowed to disable the 30
minute lockout, so I am looking for a work around

Here is what I would like to accomplish. When you are at the screen
prompting you for a password, it behaves normally if you use the keyboard or
mouse. But, if you scan your ID badge with the barcode scanner, you can
bypass that screen and access my application, and only my application. The
barcode scanner is a USB device that windows recognize as a keyboard.

Is this possible?

 

[Yves Leclerc]

I wrote an application for people to clock-in and clock-out. It works
fine
except when the machine isn't used for more than 30 minutes it does the
usual
Windows thing of locking itself and requiring a password to unlock it. My
users don't want to remember a password and I'm not allowed to disable the
30
minute lockout, so I am looking for a work around

Here is what I would like to accomplish. When you are at the screen
prompting you for a password, it behaves normally if you use the keyboard
or
mouse. But, if you scan your ID badge with the barcode scanner, you can
bypass that screen and access my application, and only my application.
The
barcode scanner is a USB device that windows recognize as a keyboard.

Is this possible?

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You could setup the Screen Save "not" to "password protect" the sysytem when
returning from it.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I wrote an application for people to clock-in and clock-out. It works fine
except when the machine isn’t used for more than 30 minutes it does the usual
Windows thing of locking itself and requiring a password to unlock it. My
users don’t want to remember a password and I’m not allowed to disable the 30
minute lockout, so I am looking for a work around

Here is what I would like to accomplish. When you are at the screen
prompting you for a password, it behaves normally if you use the keyboard or
mouse. But, if you scan your ID badge with the barcode scanner, you can
bypass that screen and access my application, and only my application. The
barcode scanner is a USB device that windows recognize as a keyboard.

Is this possible?

I would certainly hope not. That would totally compromise any
purported security offered by the password. Either set the
workstation's Screensaver to not require a password upon resuming, or
hire more intelligent employees.


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Bruce Chambers

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