Classic XP login for Vista

[Mikeparkie]

Is it possible to have a classic XP login on Vista?

If it isn?t a setting to the group policy for the machine then i double dare someone to a login screen which looks like the simple and classic login of xp which i miss so much.

[Lasker]

I was looking for almost the samething but in my case for a windows 2000 login style.

edit: Nevermind, I found how to do it: http://jsbi.blogspot.com/2006/12/how-to-ch...ista-logon.html

Edited February 19, 2008 by Lasker

[BlakByte]

i doubt thats what he want.

[Mikeparkie]

Nope. this is just a group policy change which allows you to dictate what happens when you log on.

[Echilon]

I'd definitely be interested in this.

[I8PP]

I believe MS scrapped that component (msgina) responsible for that logon interface and authentication procedure for what we have today. So in essence, Vista does not have the classic login window built in.

edit: even if you wanted to re-introduce the .dlls, MSDN:

Note GINA DLLs are ignored in Windows Vista.

Edited April 11, 2008 by I8PP

[Rebdomine]

Yeah its longgone.. Sadly.. I like it way better than the new one.. its so.. blocky

[fhpuqrgrpgvirzhpujbj]

Microsoft's copy of classic logon may be gone, but implementing is still possible (on 32 bit only)

Hooking the logon screen isnt easy though. Way over my head. Most likely a service, which would make it hard since vista services cannot have forms. Rerouting the username.password boxes with a covered image and clear last usrname policy on could, in theory produce a classic logon screen. You'd need a good coder though.

Another easier 64-compatible method would be the clear last username group policy along with a nicely laided out screen for LogonStudio Vista.

Clear last username policy makes you enter the username AND password.

[eilegz]

older classic logon its better and more secure too bad that vista dont have that now...

now it show what users have the machine like new logon of xp, any way to secure that?

[Angel Blue01]

There's got to be a group policy setting to force Ctrl + Alt + Del for security

[eilegz]

well i have that already, the problem its that previous classic logon we have an option to enforce users to write their user name and password, and do not show last user available, but the welcome screen it show the users available only have to write the password in that.

[Quillz]

older classic logon its better and more secure too bad that vista dont have that now...

now it show what users have the machine like new logon of xp, any way to secure that?

How is it possibly more secure? Not displaying the available users on the system is security through obscurity. Not to mention Vista is more secure than XP by default, anyway.