
Although Windows did support what's called "session space" for years (a session space is a range of system memory locations subject to context switches in order to give appearance of multi-user environment, which is prerequisite of Remote Desktop/Terminal Services (Windows internals, Fourth Edition)), it wasn't until Vista that sessions became more prominent (Windows Internals, Fifth Edition). Technical: in order to understand this, we need to talk about sessions. In short, that option performs NVDA's equivalent of starting from secure screens. Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors. Other questions Does the issue still occur after restarting your PC? Other information about your system:Īs expected, the registry key normally responsible for automatic startup doesn't exist on my system. Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue: This issue doesn't occur on older systems. System configuration NVDA installed/portable/running from source: NVDA shouldn't autostart when it isn't told to do so. NVDA starts right after logon just as if the corresponding option is enabled.
