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If the lock screen is set up to remember your username, the cursor defaults to the password text box. While one press of the enter key will wake the computer,
by Arrath 2y ago
If the lock screen is set up to remember your username, the cursor defaults to the password text box.
While one press of the enter key will wake the computer, its pretty easy to inadvertently double click it, and submit a login attempt with an empty password.
E: I like to use the even bigger key on my keyboard and just slap the spacebar as I sit down.
- doubled112 2y agoI like to press the shift key because it has a high chance of not triggering anything.
- kps 2y agoI like to mash on Shift until the screen wakes. On some outlandish systems this enables Sticky Keys and locks Shift.
- nordsieck 2y agoI always use modifier keys like shift and ctrl for this very reason. Way fewer ways too accidentally mess anything up.
- aaronmdjones 2y agoYep, hitting Left Ctrl with my pinky is what I do.
- cjensen 2y agoThat's a design bug, not a user problem. Why are zero-length passwords treated as login attempts for a user with a non-zero password? Why are a cluster of login attempts permitted in such quick succession? There's so many obvious fixes here for what is apparently a common issue.
- simonblack 2y agowhat's wrong with using the 'Shift' key? That's my wake-up key. And that one doesn't transmit any active characters that can cause problems.