Customized Password change Notification Mechnism

[Guest]

I would like to customize the pop-up message regarding password expiry of users

Currently the messages are displayed like “your password is going to expire in 14 days, click “yes’ “no’ to change the passwordâ€

I want to use the same notification mechanism & the option for changing the passwords also(using the yes/no dialog box
but, I would like to add a couple or lines to the above mentioned pop-up message

Kindly suggest me some methods/mechanism to achieve the same

Thanx in Advanc

Regard
Aon

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

That popup isn't customizable, you would need to design your own system from the
ground up, most likely you would base it off of email but if you wanted
something on the local box you could write a service and disable the default
messages.

joe

 

[Brian Desmond [MVP]]

Can you rig that box if you write your own GINA? I think not, but, it's part
of the logon process, sort of.

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[Guest]

Thanks Joe & Brian

I rite now started exploring Gina using "Resource Hacker"
Can anyone help me out to reach other tools/URL's to get the closest result

Regard
Aravin

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

You could replace it if you wrote your own GINA. I think disabling that
functionality of the GINA via reg hack or GPO and then writing a simple service
to do the work may be less intrusive and you don't have to be concerned every
time there is a hotfix/SP and your GINA gets overwritten.

joe

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

Blah sent this too fast. Your GINA wouldn't be overwritten but you may have to
update it to account for the SP. I.E. Something might break you are dependent on
or there may be new functionality you want that is in the new OS stuff.

joe

 

[Guest]

Thanks Joe

Here i am using the "Resource Hacker" a HexEditor, to view "msgina.dll"
After making the sufficient Customization in the msgina.dll, i am saving to other name say xx.dl

In the registry of the client machines, as like the Novel Client, i add the ke
"ginadll" with the value "xx.dll"

This works satisfactorily.. in my testlab which is under observation
Not sure whether a sp upgrade will change this.. registry setting in the client machine

Expecting your valuable comments

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

Err that is kind of scary not to mention completely unsupported by Microsoft.

You wouldn't have a problem with an SP or hotfix overwriting but could have an
issue if something the GINA was dependent on changed in some way that doesn't
work with an older GINA. You may find yourself hex editing the GINA file every
time that it is updated in a hotfix or SP, actually you would be silly not
update it every time once you did it once.

joe

 

[Brian Desmond [MVP]]

Yeah. That's kinda goofy. If I told you only homemade chicken soup would
cure some disease, and then you went and got Campbell's and added 17 herbs &
spices, would that fix the problem?

You're working around the issue here. I wouldn't do what you're doing.

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Windows Server MVP
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