It sounds like VO has lost focus and thus you're unable to enter items within the Authentication window. I've had similar things happen in the past. Try pressing the power button quickly. This should bring up the "Are you sure you want to Shutdown your Mac" dialog, then press Escape and sometimes VO will regain focus. I've used some other tricks but I can't remember right now. I'll keep this message around and let you know if I remember or if it happens to me again and I use one of my other tricks.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-03-08, at 2:55 AM, Keith Hinton <keithint1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, folks: > I'm wondering if anybody can advise me on what steps to take on this > issue in future without holding the power button down on my Mac and > forcing a restart? > The problem: > I occasionally log out of the Mac for a while if I don't plan on using it. > While gone off in the other room doing work on one of the Windows PCs > I use, or doing other tasks, the password screen goes away due to some > screen saver. > (No,) I don't have screen savers set in system prefferences, but all > of that is only applicable to the logged in user (myself) as nobody > else uses my laptop or has physical access ever. > The issue then is that when I come back, and see if I can do anything, > VoiceOver replies that no windows exist. > Control-AltF1 says, "Login Window." > Control-AltF2 says No Windows. > And, at that point, if I resume VoiceOver, by forcing it to unload and > reload it says I'm clearly in the "authentication window" by saying: > "VoiceOver on. Authentication" > > Then speech dies while I'm trying to figure out what to do. > Typing my username and password are ineffective as this system wide > lockout screen is in effect. So what am I supposed to do? > Basicly, I can't enter my password to log back on, and the only > solution I have is to forcefully cut power to the system instantly. > Any thoughts are appreciated. > > -- > Sincerely, > > Keith > Home Phone: > 928-554-3936 > Mobile Phone: > 928-713-6370 > Primary email: > keithint1...@gmail.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
