Message

Explanation and/or corrective action

Level

 

 

 

Exit ToAdmin

Exiting the function that handles the mode switch into admin mode.

LOG_PROCESSING

 

 

 

Exit ToUser

Exiting the user mode switch function.

LOG_PROCESSING

 

 

 

Exit ToUser-Registry

The AppName value does not exist in the registry so user mode cannot be en-

LOG_PROCESSING

read failure

tered.

 

 

 

 

Exit verify password-

Exiting password verification.

LOG_PROCESSING

no pwd set

 

 

 

 

 

Exit verify password-

Exiting password verification.

LOG_PROCESSING

response from dialog

 

 

 

 

 

Found taskbar

The handle to the taskbar has been found so that AppLock can disable it in user

LOG_PROCESSING

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

Getting address of

AppLock is retrieving the address of the keyboard hook.

LOG_PROCESSING

keyboard hook init pro-

 

 

cedure

 

 

 

 

 

Getting configuration

The AppLock configuration is being read from the registry. This occurs at ini-

LOG_PROCESSING

from registry

tialization and also at entry into user mode. The registry must be re-read at en-

 

 

try into user mode in case the administration changed the settings of the

 

 

application being controlled.

 

 

 

 

Getting encrypt pwd

The length of the encrypted password is being calculated.

LOG_EX

length

 

 

 

 

 

Hook wndproc failure

AppLock is unable to lock the application. This could happen if the application

LOG_ERROR

 

being locked encountered an error after performing its initialization and shut it-

 

 

self down prior to being locked by AppLock.

 

 

 

 

Hook wndproc of open

The application is open, but AppLock cannot lock it.

LOG_ERROR

app failure

 

 

 

 

 

Hot key event creation

The Admin applet is unable to create the hotkey notification.

LOG_ERROR

failure

 

 

 

 

 

Hot key pressed

Processing the hotkey and backdoor entry

LOG_EX

 

 

 

Hot key pressed

Processing the hotkey and backdoor entry

LOG_EX

 

 

 

Hot key set event fail-

When the administrator changes the hotkey configuration the hotkey controller

LOG_ERROR

ure

must be notified. This notification failed.

 

 

 

 

Hotkey press message

The user just pressed the configured hotkey.

LOG_PROCESSING

received

 

 

 

 

 

In app hook:WM_SIZE

In addition to preventing the locked application from exiting, AppLock must also

LOG_EX

 

prevent the application from enabling the taskbar and resizing the application’s

 

 

window. This message traps a change in the window size and corrects it.

 

 

 

 

In app hook:WM_WIN-

In addition to preventing the locked application from exiting, AppLock must also

LOG_EX

DOWPOSCHANGED

prevent the application from enabling the taskbar and resizing the application’s

 

 

window. This message traps a change in the window position and corrects it.

 

 

 

 

Initializing keyboard

AppLock is calling the keyboard hook initialization.

LOG_PROCESSING

hook procedure

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard hook initial-

The keyboard filter initialization failed.

LOG_ERROR

ization failure

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard hook loaded

The keyboard hook dll exists and loaded successfully.

LOG_EX

OK

 

 

 

 

 

L after Ctrl

Processing the backdoor entry.

LOG_EX

 

 

 

Loading keyboard

When AppLock first loads, it loads a dll that contains the keyboard hook pro-

LOG_PROCESSING

hook

cessing. This message is logged prior to the load attempt.

 

 

 

 

Open failure

The status information is being saved to a file and the file open has failed. This

LOG_ERROR

 

could occur if the file is write protected. If the file does not exist, it is created.

 

 

 

 

Open registry failure

If the Administration registry key does not exist, the switch to user mode fails

LOG_ERROR

 

because the AppName value in the Administration key is not available.

 

 

 

 

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