Winlogon.exe always reverts back the Userinit registry key

[Guest yankohurta@gmail.com]

We're trying to implement a custom userinit procedure in our network.

 

The user MUST register his/her time-entry within a custom application

(that we developed) just after the network authentication and before

the logon procedure continue.

 

Here's the sequence we're trying to achieve:

 

1. User authenticates in our domain providing his/her username and

password;

2. Gina calls Winlogon which in turn calls MYUSERINIT.EXE;

3. MYUSERINIT prompts for a time-entry;

4. User agrees clicking in a button;

5. MYUSERINIT calls the DEFAULT USERINIT.EXE and ends;

6. Logon continues.

 

The issue is that, everytime we manually change the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon using

REGEDIT.EXE the WINLOGON processes immediately revert it back to

USERINIT.EXE.

 

We confirmed this behavior through REGMON. There's an entry for REGDIT

changing the key and right after for WINLOGON reverting it back.

 

Is this a normal behavior?

 

We're using Windows XP Pro SP2.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Yanko Hurta