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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: KDE and 3-fingers
From:       Russ Gilman-Hunt <russ () cowboyz ! com>
Date:       2001-05-01 15:22:51
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Not that it helps you directly, but VMware will run PCAnywhere, and 
PCAnywhere has a button on the buttonbar to send the three-finger-salute.
-Russ

On Tuesday 01 May 2001 02:56, Anno v. Heimburg wrote:
> Am Dienstag 01 Mai 2001 02:13 schrieb Stephen Davies:
> > Hello.
> >
> > I use my Linux box to manage a number of NT servers via VNCViewer.
> >
> > Since switching to KDE, I have been unable to login to an NT server
> > because KDE seems to trap the three-finger salute required to login to
> > NT.
> >
> > Is there any way to stop KDE from doing this?
>
> AFAIK there's not. The point of the 3-finger-salute is that [I think] no
> program can simulate it and, at least on NT, it cannot be trapped by an app
> w/out the OS knowing about it. MS does this for security reasons. I know
> this, I've tried using VNC both from a Linux and from a Win box... no way
> to do the login. Just won't work. There _might_ be an undocumented registry
> setting that makes NT display the login screen directly, but that's not for
> this mailing list (if you find it, however, please tell me). BTW, with
> W2k,. it works.
>
> Greets,
>
> Anno.
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