Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-22 Thread Andrew S. Baker
own.** > ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2011 3:36 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature > > ** ** > > After you've traced the correct password, the curs

RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Crawford, Scott
I like it. Of course, you could implement this feature now on your own. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 3:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature After you've traced the correct password, the c

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: >> Come to think of it, the iPhone/iPad already has this logon feature. >> It just has the same password for everyone. > > That's not a password. :-P > It's a prevent incidental user interaction feature. No kidding? It was a joke. :-)

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Jonathan Link
That's not a password. :-P It's a prevent incidental user interaction feature. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > > Yah, now instead of people using their name as their password, > > they're going to use a diagonal line from u

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Andrew S. Baker
dged from normal usage anyway. Not >>>> sure how they’d be able to figure out which smudges were for what. >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> *From:* Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Ben Scott wrote: >  Yah, now instead of people using their name as their password, > they're going to use a diagonal line from upper left to lower right. :) Come to think of it, the iPhone/iPad already has this logon feature. It just has the same password for

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Jonathan Link
*From:* Mike Hoffman [mailto:m...@drumbrae.net] >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:34 AM >>> *To:* Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> It’s enabled

RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread John Cook
: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature It's actually a good idea, but we need to see more development of smudge-resistant screens... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB m

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Andrew S. Baker
net] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2011 11:34 AM >> *To:* Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature >> >> ** ** >> >> It’s enabled in the Preview build – and it’s so much easier than typing a >>

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Jonathan Link
ecember 20, 2011 11:34 AM > *To:* Joseph Heaton; NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature > > ** ** > > It’s enabled in the Preview build – and it’s so much easier than typing a > password. I used a family photo for a while and the password

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Ben Scott
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:29 PM, James Rankin wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16247659 "Experts said it might stop people using weak passwords but could lead to other loopholes that are harder to solve." Yah, now instead of people using their name as their password, they're going

RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Sam Cayze
Well. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0818/Smartphone-smudges-can-reveal-pas sword-study-finds From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 1:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature Well, the screen&#

RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Joseph Heaton
around that way you don't get smudge marks in the same place. Mike From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com]<mailto:[mailto:sep...@gmail.com]> Sent: 20 December 2011 18:39 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature This was demo'd in the Bui

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Jonathan Link
> ** ** > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 20 December 2011 18:39 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature > > ** ** > > This was demo'd in the Build videos if you want to see a demo of it.

RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Mike Hoffman
get smudge marks in the same place. Mike From: Steven Peck [mailto:sep...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 December 2011 18:39 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature This was demo'd in the Build videos if you want to see a demo of it. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011

Re: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread Steven Peck
This was demo'd in the Build videos if you want to see a demo of it. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:29 AM, James Rankin wrote: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16247659 > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the

RE: Interesting Windows 8 logon feature

2011-12-20 Thread David Lum
Weird. I just sent the MSDN link to my teal 30 minutes ago! http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/12/16/signing-in-with-a-picture-password.aspx Dave From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 10:29 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Interesting Window