Revision as of 14:26, 4 December 2014 edit Codename Lisa (talk \| contribs) 55,077 edits Copy-edited a bit and added source. Clarified that GINA is only available on Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003. Therefore, the Windows 8 screenshot had to go. Tag: Visual edit ← Previous edit		Revision as of 14:27, 4 December 2014 edit undo Codename Lisa (talk \| contribs) 55,077 edits →End of life: Actually, "credential providers" are not capitalized. Next edit →
Line 18: ==End of life== In [[Windows Vista]], GINA has been replaced by '''~~Credential~~credential ~~Providers~~providers''', which allow for significantly increased flexibility in supporting multiple credential collection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.<ref name=":0" /> ==See also==

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