Dear Forum Community, My corporation are currently evaluating Win 7 in the enterprise and although things are going well so far, I have a question regarding interactive authentication & logon with a smart card. We have introduced some rather strict policies with encryption, PKI etc... as we are a global security & smart card solution provider. We used to use our PKI badges for logon & logoff with the smart card behaviour working quite well on card insertion, prompts for pin and removal locks the desktop.In Windows 7, this is not an automated process, rather 1 way, what I mean is that I want to logon with my smart card, I insert it, CAD (CTRL, ALT DELETE) and other credentials, smart card enter pin and viola. On removal, the desktop is locked..... all very well, but what I would like to see is that when I re-insert the card, it automatically prompts for the pin instead of having to press CAD again, anyone come across this and know if its possible? Thanks Mark

markglobalmsglive.com wrote:> *Dear Forum Community,*> > > > My corporation are currently evaluating Win 7 in the enterprise and although > things are going well so far, I have a question regarding interactive > authentication & logon with a smart card.> > > > We have introduced some rather strict policies with encryption, PKI etc... as we> are a global security & smart card solution provider. We used to use our PKI > badges for logon & logoff with the smart card behaviour working quite well on > card insertion, prompts for pin and removal locks the desktop.> > In Windows 7, this is not an automated process, rather 1 way, what I mean is > that I want to logon with my smart card, I insert it, CAD (CTRL, ALT DELETE) and> other credentials, smart card enter pin and viola. On removal, the desktop is > locked..... all very well, but what I would like to see is that when I re-insert> the card, it automatically prompts for the pin instead of having to press CAD > again, anyone come across this and know if its possible?> > > > Thanks> > > > Mark> > > To the best of my knowledge, that behavior is by design, just as it was with Windows Vista. You can try contacting Microsoft to ask them to reduce the security features of the OS, but I don't think it'll do any good.-- Bruce ChambersHelp us help you:http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.htmlhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin FranklinMany people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand RussellThe philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.~ Denis Diderot