Windows Xp Logon

am85 · Post by **am85** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:54 am

Is it possible to develop windows xp logon using wxwidget or c++?
After googling in several times, its difficult to found a library or piece of code that use c++ or particularly wxwidget for developing xp logon (logonUI.exe).

Does anybody know resources to make xp logon?

I try to develop a program that uses face recognition technology when user log on windows xp.

sorry for my english.

Thanx in advance.

spectrum · Post by **spectrum** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:16 am

hello am85,

XP logon is something OS related, so no support is included in the wxWidgets library.
I suggest you look for the windows API's needed to perform a logon tool, mostly searching on msdn network.
Then, you can use the language you prefer to call them.

Greetings

Post by **upCASE** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:32 am

Hi!
I searched a bit. Although I didn't find a full reference on doing this, some articles might be of interest (at least for testing).

This article (http://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk/LoginFilter.aspx) is about hooking the password entry in the logon screen.

This article (http://www.codeproject.com/KB/winsdk/An ... nLock.aspx) describes the common approach of locking the desktop.

I'm not really sure if replacing the logonui.exe would be a good start, maybe check some MS forums for that. From what I gathered, this exe is a standard PE file, compressed in some way. I guess applications that modify the look of the logon screen might alter it as well, so maybe use this as a starting point for your searches.

Hope this helps.