Password dialog box loses focus

I know this happens on my iMac Lion 10.7.4.  I think I saw this recently on my MBA with MtLn.  I do something that requires admin priviledges such as start a program install and a login dialog box pops up as it always has so I can log in as an administrator for the higher privilege.  If I don't immediately start typing the password (wait even a few seconds) and the focus is lost by the dialog box.  If I do a keystroke, I get a sound you hear if the keystroke has no place to go  -- the focus has not been set to any window receptive to keystrokes.
However, if I beat that time out, or more usually, click the mouse on the text entry field and immediately type the first character of the password, it isregistered with the dot echo and the focus remains on that field while I enter the rest of the password.  The only pointing devices attached to my system are the Apple Magic mouse and Apple Magic trackpad.  Both are attached by Bluetooth. 
Any ideas?

This was happening to my parents' computer too.  Each time the admin password was required, the dialogue box would lose focus in less than a second.  You had to time your keystrokes very quickly.
I reviewed in Console what was running and found that their dictation software (Dragon Naturaly Speaking Express) was the culprit.  When I turned it off, the problem never returned.  So perhaps it's along the same lines for you: that some service such as dictation software is causing this issue
Run your console log and place yourself in the very situation where it would normally occur and see what comes up in the logs.  For me it was com.dragon.express.
Oh, and to let you know, they, too, have a mighty mouse connected by USB and a magic mouse (by Bluetooth) and these were not the problem.
Good luck! and Happy Holidays

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