Gina.dll And Awgina.dll

[saitoh183]

Im having problems with the awgina.dll reg key(causes winlogon to go to classic). I know how to fix the problem but it doesnt seem to be working during my setup. I keep having to do the fix after windows is finish the setup. The reason why I think my fix is not working is because of my PCAnywhere 10.5.This app is the last to install and adds the reg key

GinaDLL REG_SZ "c:\windows\system32\awgina.dll"

I added to my clean.cmd file

REG DELETE HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon /v "Ginadll" /f

but since PCAnywhere finishes its install after my PC reboots, I think the reg key is getting deleted but is added again after the install is completly finish. Does anyone know how i can fix this?

[SiMoNsAyS]

ginadll key no longer works post-sp2, will revert the logon to classic...

[saitoh183]

what do you mean?...i have deleted the key once windows was installed and my logon was fine after that but how can i get it to be remove automatically?

[SiMoNsAyS]

and again, ginadll key no longer works post-sp2, meaning if you add that key will revert the logon to classic, that is the explanation of your issue. now that you know why, how: remove the key...

REGEDIT /S "remove.reg"

for remove.reg...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Ginadll]

[saitoh183]

ok...i know how to remove it but since PCanywhere modifies the key to awgina.dll

but since PCAnywhere finishes its install after my PC reboots, I think the reg key is getting deleted but is added again after the install is completly finish.

, i want to know how to delete it since when i try via my clean.cmd it dont work. I've also tried your method( running the .reg in Xplode) but that dont work either.

[SiMoNsAyS]

add an entry at startup to import the reg.

REGEDIT /S "startup.reg"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"remove"="regedit /s C:\remove.reg"

remove.reg has the same content as before and must be placed on C:\, this is just an example.

also i'm sure you'll find documentation about this at PCAnywhere site

[saitoh183]

I didnt find anything on the PCanywhere site...So i have to copy the .reg to the HD...and i run startup.reg at the end of my software installations via Xplode?

[SiMoNsAyS]

correct, try it and if it didn't work post feedback

[saitoh183]

thx ...i will

[EDIT]

Well I tried it and it didnt work. but i tried to run the reg key remove.reg in my C after the install and it didnt work either. What i did is i changed your

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Ginadll]

To

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Ginadll"=-

I replaced the remove.reg in the C:\ and ran it and it worked. So now im installing again hopping it will work this time..i'll post my feedback

[Alanoll]

ginadll key no longer works post-sp2, will revert the logon to classic...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The whole point of the GinaDLL key is to change the classic logon screen. Even in SP1 that was it's function. Even in SP1 is ALSO disabled the Welcome screen (logonui.exe).

[SiMoNsAyS]

@saitoh183, stupid me, sorry man i writed the whole post from memory so i didn't notice it after re-reading it and your post. my fault.

@Alanoll, i used a custom msgina file with that regtweak over sp1 (i think it was chaninja's modification) and this tweak never reverted to the classic logon. tried exactly the same thing after sp2 and didn't work.

[saitoh183]

@SiMoNsAyS, Your method didnt work. I tried running the startup.reg after getting in windows to see if it would work once everything was finished installing and the when i went into regedit it was still there. As i write this im trying again but this time im trying im running remove.reg from my CD after the PCAnywhere install. Stay tooned for feedback...!

P.S. Not to be rude or anything i just want to make sure...Did you understand my prob from what i said in my first post?...just to know if i explained it properly

[EDIT]

Well it seems to have worked because i got the Logonui this time... but once i get home from work i will try againjust to make sure. I'll post final result in a few hours.

[EDIT]

Well it works now...thx for your help and now i have a prob with Automatic update I already posted my prob in the nlite forum.

[saitoh183]

Well after tones of tries, I figured out that the remove.reg doesn't work. How i figured this out is because after the install of PC Anywhere, the PC reboots and brings up the logonui. If i choose to logon as someone else other then Administrator, the continuing install of PC Anywhere pops up saying that it cant continu the config because it not the same user as when the installation had started with. Then the machine continues into windows and if i go check the registry for the key, it isnt there. Now if after the reboot, I logon as Administrator it continues the config for PCanywhere and the reg key for awgina.dll is added to the registry. Now i dont know if cutting the install by logining as another user affects PCAnywheres function(i have yet to test )but does anyone have a solution to this?

[SiMoNsAyS]

i think it always worked... (just guessing...) pcanywhere needs that entry and it adds the value again and again... i'm mostly sure on pcanywhere website will help u, if not contact them.

[saitoh183]

On my PC right now i dont have the gina entry so i think PC anywhere will work just fine without finishing...if not i'll just reinstall it......