Re: Win98 Screensaver - A Interesting Problem

[DGinther () SALUD UNM EDU (Demian Ginther)]

It will give focus back to the screen saver password requester, but you actually have to click on it, which isnt 
required for the computer to want it's password.  The screensaver doesn't force focus to be kept on itself.

> > > "Eric Stevens" <ejsteven () cs millersv edu> 02/13/99 09:35AM >>>
> I have also seen this, especially in the case of Instant Messenger.  If my
screensaver is running
> and i receive an Instant Message, when i type in my password, it goes into
the instant message
> instead.


This I've noticed.  I'm not sure whether this was a problem with the screen
saver or Instant Messenger.  The screen savers I am using are After Dark
4.0.  If anyone knows how to make these things properly, it's After Dark
whose engine does all the handling of events like lost focus, not the
individual modules.  That leads me to believe that it's Instant Messenger
who's stealing the focus and not being willing to give it back.

> > > > Ollie Whitehouse <Ollie () DELPHISCONSULT CO UK> 02/11/99 05:27AM >>>
> All,
>
> Sorry if this that appeared before...
>
> This is only a preliminary assessment of the problem, I don't have time to
> investigate further at the moment so I thought i'd pass it out to let
> someone how may have time play a little.
>
> OS: Windows 98
> Patches: All except the virtual machine update
> Screensaver: Scrolling Marquee
>
> Problem:
> I have a open dos box running a copy of dos edit (focus under Windows is
> placed on this), when I come back
> and type in the password the screen saver password box does not pop up
after
> the first key press to accept this
> password (strange yes, but by which time I had typed the password). I moved
> the mouse the box popped up, typed in my password and all was fine (or so I
> thought). Instead I looked in the DOS window and what did I see? my
> screensaver password which I had typed the first time.
>
> Strange but true... seems to be a problem with the way Windows executes the
> screensaver, it does not seem to take the focus away from the DOS sessions
> for some reason.
>
> Rgds
>
> Ollie
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