[wpkg-users] WPKG - issues

Alex Owen r.alex.owen at gmail.com
Fri Apr 6 15:53:41 CEST 2007


On 05/04/07, Hannes Gruber <wpkg at guzman.at> wrote:
> On the search to find out what GINA is, I found the following on
>
>      http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380561.aspx
>
> "The WlxDisplaySASNotice function must be implemented by a replacement
> GINA DLL. Winlogon calls this function when no user is logged on.
> Note GINA DLLs are ignored in Windows Vista."
>
> I think, that this means, that anything done using GINAs will not work
> under windows vista, why I think that it should be avoided.

Hmm... On this page:
  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375198.aspx
It states:
  "Note   GINA DLLs and Winlogon notification packages are ignored in
Windows Vista."

So I guess wpkglogin's days are numbered as it seem to work as a
Winlogon notification package.

Alex



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