The Logon User Interface DLL gina32.dll failed to load

[Guest Craig Collins]

I just got got this error this morning after a restarted of a Windows 2000

server with service pack 4 "The Logon User Interface DLL gina32.dll failed

to load. Conatact your system administrator to replace the DLL, or restore

the original DLL" has anybody else seen this and is there a solution?

[Guest John John]

Re: The Logon User Interface DLL gina32.dll failed to load

 

Craig Collins wrote:

> I just got got this error this morning after a restarted of a Windows 2000

> server with service pack 4 "The Logon User Interface DLL gina32.dll failed

> to load. Conatact your system administrator to replace the DLL, or restore

> the original DLL" has anybody else seen this and is there a solution?

 

Are you sure you wrote the error message correctly? The Windows 2000

Microsoft GINA is MSGINA.DLL, not gina32.dll. The MSGINA.DLL could have

been replaced by third party software, for example remote control

software like the now ancient PC Anywhere replaces the MSGINA with a

version of its own and then changes or adds a GINA entry in the registry at:

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

 

to reflect the changed GINA. And, of course, some virus can also

exploit this.

 

Do you have other Windows 2000 servers at your site? Can you check for

the presence and validity of the Gina32.dll file? I find no reference

for this GINA on the internet, if you do find it on other servers in

your organization, you can copy the GINA from another server and install

in in the System32 folder on the broken server, this can be done with

the Recovery Console.

 

John