Since about the time of Windows Vista, non-administrative windows aren't able to hook keyboard events for administrative windows.[0] So while it's possible for

Since about the time of Windows Vista, non-administrative windows aren't able to hook keyboard events for administrative windows.[0] So while it's possible for a program to listen to keyboard events for other non-administrative windows (such as the password for a browser), it isn't possible for a non-administrative window to grab keyboard input for stuff like windows password prompts, or information typed into administrative console windows, etc. [0] - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3169675/how-to-use-setwindowshookex-in-vista-and-hook-admin-apps-with-uac http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3169675/how-to-use-setwin...