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Voice recognition and security
I am presently handicapped to the degree that I can't use a keyboard or
mouse so Windows Vista voice recognition of the godsend. It works really well in most circumstances however whenever it security alert occurs it appears to override voice recognition so I can that acknowledge or cancel. In order to avoid this problem I've been forced to turn off user account security. With this turned off the computer runs OK but I'm not utilizing many security features. Is there a way that I can get voice recognition to work in answering the security alerts? Click send |
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Voice recognition and security
This is a good question, looks like an oversight on Microsoft's part. I
am looking into this for you. - Rafael wrote: I am presently handicapped to the degree that I can't use a keyboard or mouse so Windows Vista voice recognition of the godsend. It works really well in most circumstances however whenever it security alert occurs it appears to override voice recognition so I can that acknowledge or cancel. In order to avoid this problem I've been forced to turn off user account security. With this turned off the computer runs OK but I'm not utilizing many security features. Is there a way that I can get voice recognition to work in answering the security alerts? Click send |
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Voice recognition and security
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Voice recognition and security
I am presently handicapped to the degree that I can't use a keyboard or
mouse so Windows Vista voice recognition of the godsend. It works really well in most circumstances however whenever it security alert occurs it appears to override voice recognition so I can that acknowledge or cancel. In order to avoid this problem I've been forced to turn off user account security. With this turned off the computer runs OK but I'm not utilizing many security features. Is there a way that I can get voice recognition to work in answering the security alerts? Click send I don't think so :-( Sure you can! http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...7d1033.mspx#EL You need to disable the switch to the secure desktop. The built-in speech recognition feature in Windows Vista does not operate on the secure desktop. If you disable the secure desktop part of UAC you will be able to use speech recognition to answer the elevation prompt. Keep in mind that this does lower the security of your system to some extent, but my guess is that if you rely on this feature that's a trade-off you are willing to take. You did not mention which version of Vista you are using, but if you are using anything other than Business, Enterprise or Ultimate the directions in the web link I gave you will not work. In that case, run this command from an elevated command prompt instead: reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\System /v PromptOnSecureDesktop /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f To elevate a command prompt do this: 1. Click the Window button 2. Click All Programs 3. Click Accessories 4. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator 5. Accept the UAC prompt. I won't comment on the obvious chicken and egg scenario involved in having to dismiss a UAC prompt to configure your system so you can dismiss the UAC prompts. Hopefully you can find someone to help you with that. There's a security issue. An attacking application could turn on voice recognition, play a sound file which 'says' the word "continue" and then ask for elevated permission. Not really. An attacker can't turn on voice recognition. The attack only works if the feature is already on. Then the attacker needs to play an audio file with commands that work in the context of what the computer is asking for. That is pretty hard to pull off to do anything really interesting. Mostly it is an annonyance. --- Your question may already be answered in Windows Vista Security: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047...otectyourwi-20 |
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