| Recent Windows login issues I've had to deal with: * Non-consensual insertion of Windows Update latency into my schedule. Often I don't mind. Sometimes, though, I really, really do. * Said updates failing but giving no indication of failure other than taking infinitely long. * Keyboard layout sometimes gets swapped back to QWERTY with no visual indication. This interacts especially poorly with stringent Active Directory 3-try-lockout policies. * Network hiccups + active directory (or something) can cause login to spin indefinitely, requiring a restart. * Login screen background occasionally changes to a random picture from my computer. Usually a wildly upscaled application resource. I haven't entirely ruled out my own clumsiness as a contributing factor, but I've also seen this in the wild, so it's at least a UX issue somewhere. None of this is as bad, in a theoretical sense, as Apple's no-password fiasco, but it has resulted in a far larger footprint on my day-to-day activity. |