Winlogon Last modified: Wednesday, December 07, 2005
A component of the Windows operating system that provides interactive logon support. Winlogon is designed around an interactive logon model that consists of three components: the Winlogon executable, a Graphical Identification and Authentication dynamic-link library (DLL) referred to as the GINA, and any number of network providers. Winlogon is not supported in Windows Me/98/95. [Source: MSDN Library]
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about Winlogon . Also check out the following links! SDK: Authentication - Winlogon and GINA  Winlogon, the GINA, and network providers are the components of the interactive logon model. The interactive logon procedure is normally controlled by Winlogon, MSGina.dll, and network providers. To change the interactive logon procedure, MSGina.dll can be replaced with a customized GINA DLL. CodeGuru - Adding Your Logo to Winlogon's Dialog The DLL must implement and export a set of functions that Winlogon will call to identify and authenticate the user. The following topics show examples of how to implement some of these functions. For a complete list of the functions that the GINA must implement and export, see the Winlogon and GINA references.	Operating Systems Windows .NET GINA graphical user interface Microsoft Windows operating system Give Us Your Feedback