Customizing windows 7 login with Credential Providers

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Usually, Windows 7 uses username and password to authenticate the user.I need to customize this feature.I would like to write a windows service that will allow some external device or authentication provider to log a user into windows.For example, a finger print reader can log a user into windows via fingerprint instead of password.

So I am trying find a C# API for this purpose(like GINA.DLL).

Can anyone point me in the right direction in terms of what I need and where I should start researching how to make such a thing?

UPDATED: I have gone through following link.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163489.aspx. It contains the information. But examples are in C++.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '13 at 06:07

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I am trying find a C# API for this purpose

Do not use high level languages, libraries, frameworks, virtual machines or runtimes in core operating system processes.

answered Apr 24 '13 at 06:07

Dennis

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I read the article..Its true.. but someone told me it is possible to do with a c# API... – Aslam Jiffry Apr 24 '13 at 06:14
this link might be help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1917790/a-gina-replacement-in-a-net-language – Aslam Jiffry Apr 24 '13 at 06:29

Customizing windows 7 login with Credential Providers

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