Questions tagged [secure-desktop]

A secondary desktop shown to Windows users for security-sensitive prompts, intended to protect against spoofing by malicious software.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
26 votes
11 answers
13k views

How to take a screenshot of Window's secure desktop?

By default, Windows Vista/7/8's UAC prompt is shown on a secure desktop. Unfortunately the Print Screen key doesn't seem to have any effect when viewing the secure desktop. I can see the reasoning ...
Nathan Osman's user avatar
  • 2,762
6 votes
1 answer
5k views

Synergy client drops and reconnects at UAC dialog

I've been using Synergy for a while at work to connect my XP machine (the host) to my Win 7 laptop (the client). I previously was having issues with using Synergy and the UAC prompt, as described in ...
Ben Richards's user avatar
  • 12.8k
4 votes
2 answers
3k views

Best way to authorize a USB device in an organisation?

I am developing a project where I need to restrict usage of accessing non white-listed USB devices in the organization's network. I am using it by checking the VID and PID of that USB devices. Now, ...
RL89's user avatar
  • 105
3 votes
3 answers
676 views

Setting up most secure personal computing environment possible

I'm trying to set up the most secure personal computing environment possible with the following requirements: most secure OS(in relative terms) that is freely available(I'm guessing FreeBSD) read-...
user483948's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
767 views

Windows 11: Screen goes black after using secure desktop (for entering a password), unusable, have to log out entirely

About two weeks ago I upgraded Windows 10 to 11. For the most part it's fine, but a hideous issue seems to occur when using the secure desktop. This applies to certain applications like VeraCrypt and ...
Adambean's user avatar
  • 965
2 votes
3 answers
788 views

Windows Vista: Screen remains darkened for 30-60 seconds *after* UAC prompt

Fixing someone's Vista computer. Process: I click any program or process that opens a User Account Control prompt. Screen goes dim so you may hit Continue to perform a secure user action. I click ...
sf2k's user avatar
  • 173
0 votes
2 answers
49 views

Securing a single Windows user account

Are there any methods to secure a single user account on a computer running Windows 7? By secure I mean protect the user folder from being accessible by other users on the computer and possibly from ...
Hammo's user avatar
  • 126