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HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
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Re: HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
The same malware called HP SuperDuperSmartThing™, of course. Laptop manufacturers tend to install a lot of shovelware, and one of them might prevent making "password" your password.
I recall another HP shovelware product acting as a keylogger a few years back... Found it: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/keylogger-fou... > This file is registered to start via a Scheduled Task every time the user logs into his computer. According to modzero researchers, the file "monitors all keystrokes made by the user to capture and react to functions such as microphone mute/unmute keys/hotkeys."…
Sounds like a rookie programmer making something that just worked and then not being able to go back and do it properly.
Remember programmers, sometimes it's better just not to complete the task at all than it is to end up with a keylogger that management won't give you time to remove.
Re: HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sad, but why shocking? Imagine you're the backend guy tasked with generating the passwords for new users. You see the problem. Now, technically fixing it involves figuring out which other things users will now be able to screw up with dots. More importantly, socially it could involve anything from making a teammate work on this to making an external vendor fork the overengineered HyperReact framework they are using.…
You understand that this console doesn’t allow you to “cd ..” (or, more importantly, “cd .ssh”)? I’m saying that this is totally unacceptable and should never have shipped in the first place. There are plenty of other providers who have similar consoles which do not have this problem, so clearly a solution is available. The question is, how are they competent enough to run an VPS warehouse yet not competent enough to…
Ah, that kind of console! WTF indeed. I was thinking of an administration UI with lots of text fields, like "AWS Management Console" (but that would be probably broken as well if you can't enter a domain name).
Re: HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
#54Two customers with the same malware?
It could also just be buggy firmware. I had an HP 4530s and anytime I quickly typed the sequence “oun”, the chrome developer tools would pop open (something low level was translating that sequence into F12). Turns out this was a known issue and there was a bios update which specifically fixed it. https://forums.tomsguide.com/threads/f-keys-activate-from-ty...
I guess the BIOS is responsible for handling the conversion of some key sequences into extended ASCII, so plausible it could be buggy in this way (but not so plausible for the OP issue). The link doesn't seem to mention a BIOS update or acknowledge it as a known BIOS issue though?
Re: HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Especially at HP. In recent decades it's gone from one of the most respected companies on the planet to bottom of the dog pile. Never ever again would I buy HP equipment.
The HP brand should have stayed with their test and measurement division (now Keysight), rather than being diluted by slapping it on crappy printers and PCs.
Exactly. And from recent news HP has just 'bobbytrapped' those crappy printers in that third-party inks will no longer work.
Resorting to such low tactics is a sign of desperation.
Edit: I still have a HP LJ-III and it still works. My-my, how HP has gone downhill since then.
Re: HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
#56Two customers with the same malware?
The same malware called HP SuperDuperSmartThing™, of course. Laptop manufacturers tend to install a lot of shovelware, and one of them might prevent making "password" your password.
There would probably be a few more users complaining if the responsible malware shipped with the laptop.
Re: HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
#57Something similar has happened to me. When it has happened to me I press each modifier key (shift, alt, ctrl, FN, win, menu, etc...) and it usually fixes the problem.
Holding down the Ctrl Alt Shift keys on both the left and right side on the keyboard for 3-5 seconds used to be a (low/BIOS-level?) keyboard reset, at least on Windows.
Re: HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
It could also just be buggy firmware. I had an HP 4530s and anytime I quickly typed the sequence “oun”, the chrome developer tools would pop open (something low level was translating that sequence into F12). Turns out this was a known issue and there was a bios update which specifically fixed it. https://forums.tomsguide.com/threads/f-keys-activate-from-ty...
I guess the BIOS is responsible for handling the conversion of some key sequences into extended ASCII, so plausible it could be buggy in this way (but not so plausible for the OP issue). The link doesn't seem to mention a BIOS update or acknowledge it as a known BIOS issue though?
Sorry, see this link https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/233506/working-arou...
Re: HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
#59Re: HP laptop can't connect to WiFi with letter 'p' in the password (2018)
#60Well what do you expect from a company whose acronym stands for “Hates P”?
Must be a regional pronunciation!