Valhalla Legends Forums Archive | General Programming | Windows 2000 Logon Dialog

AuthorMessageTime
Grok
I am not googling the correct phrases to find how to program a custom/replacement Windows 2000 logon dialog box. Anyone else know how?

TiA,
Grok
April 14, 2004, 2:37 PM
Adron
You need to make a GINA - Graphical Identification and Authentication dll
April 14, 2004, 4:21 PM
Maddox
Nice, Swedish google.
April 14, 2004, 4:46 PM
Grok
Thank you Adron.
April 14, 2004, 6:33 PM
Skywing
The Platform SDK also has two samples related to implementing a GINA dll that you might want to check out.

Generally it's much easier to use a passthrough DLL instead of writing the whole one from scratch because there are many things to handle, the documentation leaves lots to desire, and it's a pain to debug. If you don't have something like VMware that lets you restore to a known-good point after you install a GINA that crashes winlogon, you're going to have real difficulty finishing the project.
April 15, 2004, 7:30 AM
Grok
Turns out Blazer just wanted to replace the logo, so he found a resource editor. He asked me how to replace the dialog altogether. Bah.
April 15, 2004, 4:23 PM

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