BUG: Interactive Service IME Function Unavailable for LocalSystem Account User Interface (313136)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.0, when used with:
    • the operating system: Microsoft Windows XP
This article was previously published under Q313136

SYMPTOMS

When you an interactive service with a user interface that is launched on the LocalSystem account on Windows XP, no full Input Method Editor (IME) function is available.

For example, when you use a service that launches on the LocalSystem account and display a dialog box that contains an edit control, and you then switch the input locale to Japanese MS-IME2002, the Hiragana input mode does not start when you press ALT+TILDE (~).

This problem also occurs with Chinese and Korean IMEs.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, make the application a standalone application, rather than a service. This problem does not occur in standalone applications.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post more information in this article when the information becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about the interactive desktop in the Win32 SDK, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

327618 INFO: Security, Services and the Interactive Desktop

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/11/2005
Keywords:kbDSXGlobal2003Swept kbbug kbnofix KB313136
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