Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?

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From: David Longley
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 00:00

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In article <74jasn$gv7@lotho.delphi.com>
           samiller@BIX.com "<samiller@BIX.com>
" writes:

> Never heard of this.  It's doubly strange since the WFWG password is only
> for access to peer-shared resources, not for securing the local machine. 
> Can you mouse-click the [Cancel] button to bypass?  Can you disable
> networking in Control Panel (or Networking if version is 3.11) then reboot
> and reactivate it?
> On Fri, 04 Dec 98 12:27:16 GMT David Longley of Relational Technology wrote
> this re Re: Keyboard Lockup at WFWG password?:
> >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.


Mouse is locked too.
-- 
David Longley

Longley Consulting                                                  London, UK
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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: 1998/12/08
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