[Virtualacorn-list] Windows panes flashing under dead full-screen RO

[Roger Darlington]

On 16 Nov 2010, Jeremy Nicoll - ml virtualacorn  wrote:
> Alan Adams <alan at adamshome.org.uk> wrote:

> ...lts - what a great post!


>> There seem to me to be a few possible explanations:
>> 
>> 1  Another application has claimed input focus, so the alt-enter isn't
>> delivered
>> 
>> 2  Another app has grabbed all key presses, with the same result.
>> 
>> 3  Something has redefined the keyboard, and lost alt-enter.

> When he described a previosu problem I wondered about this sort of thing.
> Someone asked what other apps he's running and he mentioned some, but I
> wonder more about things that might specifically be trapping keypresses.

> Assuming there's no keylogger misbehaving (when did he last do a full a/v
> and malware scan?) does he have

>  - any dubious screensavers   (in my view MANY screensavers are dodgy)

I only let the windows 7 settings blank the screen after 30 mins of 
in-activity.

Since I was using the computer, that wouldn't have triggered.

>  - any 'automation' tools that can monitor or playback key & mouse
>    events

I'm not that clever to have inititated anything like that. Nor can I 
think of a reason why I would ever want to.


>  - any malware or security tools with a 'resident monitor' component
>    (I tend not to trust these not to interfere)

Only if the resident Windows7 security monitor does this?


>  - any application launcher or similar tool that might be swallowing
>    key presses

Again, I wouldn't have the knowledge, nor any reason, to set one of 
these up.

>  - any non-standard keyboard shortcuts he's defined, which - depending
>    whwere it's been done, might mean there's keyboard intercept code
>    loaded by another app.  Has he done anything like that in Windows
>    or even RO (if you go mad in eg StrongED I wonder if you can cause
>    problems for yourself?)?

I haven't defined any keyboard shortcuts on either RO, or Windows.

I dont use StrongEd, only Zap.



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Roger
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