Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?

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From: David Longley
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00

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In article <748omr$30tg$1@quince.news.easynet.net>
           haeb@easynet.net "Harry Broomhall" writes:

> In article <912774436snz@longley.demon.co.uk>,
>         David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:
> > Does  anyone know why some systems tend to lock the keyboard  out 
> > when  the password prompt is presented in WFWG? I have to  reboot 
> > two or three times to get round this.
> > 
> > Keyboards are new, and it doesn't happen on all machines.
> 
>   I cannot recall an instance of this in all my years of using 
> WfWg.  (And I still use it for MIDI and related things.)
> 
>   Nor can I think of a mechanism for this to happen.  
> 
>   How 'locked' is the keyboard. e.g. does the caps lock still
> work etc?
> 

Keyboard  is  frozen.  I *have* seen this before,  I  just  can't 
recall  the solution. My bet is on the NIC or caching. Odd  thing 
is there are 13 machines which are basically all the same and  it 
only happens on a few.

-- 
David Longley

Longley Consulting                                                  London, UK
Behaviour Assessment & Profiling Technology,
Research, Data Analysis and Training Services,
Small IT Systems                                http://www.longley.demon.co.uk

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From: David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley)
Subject: Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?
Date: 1998/12/04
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