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Re: Detect WinXP Login Screen

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:10
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"Thom A." <thoma@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> However, it seems to cause a problem that makes it difficult for
> very few WinXP users to log on again after the screen-saver
> had been activated, and a logon is required.

Can you be a little more specific?

> I therefore want to detect when the WinXP Logon Screen becomes
> visible, and suspend the process that causes the problem until the
> user has logged himself into Windows again.

What exactly are you doing during your process that you want to suspend?

> The problem itself is very strange: Although my software does not
> make use of any functions that might move the mouse cursor, some
> part of my software seems to reset the mouse cursor to one and the
> same position about every second - but only as long as the Logon
> Screen is visible!!!

Are you absolutely sure that it is your software that is responsible, and
not the screen saver itself or anything else?


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