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PORemoving Windows Logon screen through a service
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copied!<p>I am trying to remove the windows logon screen (winlogon) from an executable launched from a service. The service would start automatically with windows and wait for commands from another computer. When it receives a command, it will launch an exe which will start cmd.exe under a particular username.</p> <p>The service is already present. I have the job of writing this executable. Currently, I have written the executable (CmdLogin) which starts cmd.exe under a different user through calls to LogonUserW, ImpersonateUser and CreateProcessWithLogonW. I specify lpDesktop as "WinSta0\Default". The only catch is that the service must run under an administrator account (but that is a different problem).</p> <p>This works perfectly fine when called from a command prompt (even on Windows 7). This also works when called from the service when a user has logged on and viewing his desktop (like I do when debugging on the same machine). However, like I said above, my real requirement is for this to work even when the windows logon screen is displayed. Currently, the exe gives a proper exit code but the window does not appear. However, when the user logs in, he sees the cmd window on the desktop.</p> <p>One solution I found was to use "WinSta0\WinLogon" for lpDesktop instead of Default. I am yet to try this. However, this looks like it will show the cmd window right over the login screen. What I really need is to actually emulate the user login to winlogon and show his actual desktop (and the cmd window).</p> <p>I looked around and found GINA and Winlogon Notification Packages. They seem like an overkill and I am not sure if that will even solve the purpose here. Moreover, these are deprecated in Windows Vista which makes me think there is a better and neater method to solve this.</p> <p>Any suggestions on what should I use to achieve this? For the record, the executable is in C# with API calls using P/Invoke. I am open to using a C dll that I can call from this C# application too.</p> <p>Thank you,<br> Husain</p>

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