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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: KDE and 3-fingers
From:       Stephen Davies <scldad () sdc ! com ! au>
Date:       2001-05-02 0:14:00
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Thanks for the feedback but I think/hope that there is more to it than 
that.

Before switching to KDE I used AfterStep and the three-finger salute 
worked fine; my current problem is definitely KDE-related.

Cheers and thanks,
Stephen Davies

On Tue, 1 May 2001 11:56:16 +0200, "Anno v. Heimburg" said:
> 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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