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==Recent Windows versions==

In [[Windows Vista]], GINA has been entirely replaced by '''Credential Providers''', which allow for significantly increased flexibility in supporting multiple credential collection methods. To support the use of multiple GINA models, a complex chaining method used to be required and custom GINAs often did not work with [[fast user switching]]. GINA libraries do not work with Windows Vista and later Windows versions. One difference, however, is that GINA could completely replace the Windows logon user interface; Credential Providers cannot.

==Popular culture==

There is a common trend of mispronunciation of the word GINA. Microsoft later renamed this component to PLAP due to the phonetic connotations.

==See also==