Is there any way to listen for a keystroke/hotkey on the Windows Logon
screen? I'd like to respond to a particular keystroke, run a program,
then refresh the logon screen. No UI necessary.

Is that possible to do without messing with msgina.dll?

This would be for both XP and Vista.

RE: Responding to keystrokes on Windows Logon desktop by MarufManiruzzaman

MarufManiruzzaman
Wed Aug 29 04:04:01 CDT 2007

Did you tried this way:

Craete a service application and use SetWindowsHookEx.

The problem is, AFAIK, windows logon screen is secured than usual desktop.
GINA replacement is better.

If you do not like the GINA replacement, possibly you would not like
keyboard filter driver. Would you?

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Sincerely,
Maruf Maniruzzaman,
Software Engineer,
KAZ Software Limited,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
http://kaz.com.bd
http://kuashaonline.com

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"andrewbb@gmail.com" wrote:

> Is there any way to listen for a keystroke/hotkey on the Windows Logon
> screen? I'd like to respond to a particular keystroke, run a program,
> then refresh the logon screen. No UI necessary.
>
> Is that possible to do without messing with msgina.dll?
>
> This would be for both XP and Vista.
>
>

Re: Responding to keystrokes on Windows Logon desktop by Maxim

Maxim
Wed Aug 29 05:30:27 CDT 2007

MSGINA is the cleanest possible way.

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Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
maxim@storagecraft.com
http://www.storagecraft.com

<andrewbb@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1188336939.413930.12400@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Is there any way to listen for a keystroke/hotkey on the Windows Logon
> screen? I'd like to respond to a particular keystroke, run a program,
> then refresh the logon screen. No UI necessary.
>
> Is that possible to do without messing with msgina.dll?
>
> This would be for both XP and Vista.
>