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Re: [pygame] full keyboard control

I could be wrong here (I have not used Windows for years), but I thought that the whole point of Ctrl Alt Delete to login was that this sequence of keys could not be grabbed by anything other than the OS itself - it is a 'secure channel' or something like that. My guess is that you will not be able to intercept this with a user level process, because that would defeat the security of this key sequence. (Basically, if you hit Ctrl Alt Delete, you can be sure that there is no trojan putting up a 'login' screen to steal your password). 

Cheers

Lamonte(Scheols/Demonic) wrote:
I'm pretty sure if you set full screen mode and do checks to see if they pressed ctrl+alt+del do nothing :)
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Brian Davis <intrepidhero@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:intrepidhero@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: 

    I've read these arguments elsewhere and fully agree with them, except
    in this case. What I'm making is a program for my 1 year-old daughter
    to bang on the keyboard and hear cool sounds and see colors change on
    the screen. So I suppose ctrl-alt-delete isn't a big worry but the
    windows key definitely is! And even alt-tab would be possible for her
    to hit. The only option I've found so far is a registry hack and I
    haven't tested it out yet. Does anyone know if there are any options
    in pygame or SDL for disabling the windows key(s)?

    I should have said what I was doing in my original email. Sorry.

    Thanks,
    -Brian

    On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Greg Ewing
    <greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
    wrote:
    > Ian Mallett wrote:
    >
    > >  I don't think so.  Think about it.  If your program were to crash
    > > and lock up, the only way to stop it would be to restart the
    computer.
    > >
    >
    >  Besides, it annoys me when a game has the audacity to
    >  assume I won't want to do *anything* else with my
    >  computer while it's running. Like switching away to
    >  consult a hints file, for instance.
    >
    >  --
    >  Greg
    >




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