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AThe '''GINA''' (or MS gina dll) is athe '''graphical identification and authentication''' library of Microsoft, which provides secure [[login]] services on [[Microsoft Windows]] operating systems. Only those systems based on the [[Windows NT]] [[kernel (computer science)|kernel]] have such libraries; the [[Windows 95]] family and earlier did not have a mandatory logon of this form.

Winlogon is the component responsible for handling the default [[secure attention key]], loading the user profile on logon, and optionally locking the computer when a [[screensaver]] is running (requiring another authentication step). The actual obtaining and verification of user credentials is left to the GINA.