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Is it possible to log in (with a new session or a locked session) to Windows Vista using only a keyboard? E.g. if I want to log into Windows XP I press CTRL-ALT-DELETE and then start typing in my password.

With Vista I have to use my mouse to click on an icon of my name before I'm permitted to start typing.

I don't want to use the mouse. How can I do this?

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You want to press Tab and Enter/Return quite a bit, but it is easily possible!

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  • Is there a better answer? I could be blindfolded and still log into XP..
    – PP.
    Dec 9, 2009 at 10:16
  • No, and this is a good answer! It is very easy to do! Dec 9, 2009 at 10:59
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    In XP, you could use the arrows to select a user as well. I don't know if this works in Vista.
    – user3463
    Dec 9, 2009 at 13:17
  • Yes Arrows also work when in a section, but tab goes through everything and I personally find it easier, but +1 as arrows to work! Dec 9, 2009 at 13:32
  • Accepted as answer as technically correct; unfortunately not the straight-forward answer I was hoping for. Why did Microsoft deliberately make Vista far more difficult to use!
    – PP.
    Dec 15, 2009 at 10:18

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