Terminal Services clients may continue to receive a third-party GINA window after it is disabled

When you select the Use standard Windows authentication check box on the Connection_Name Properties page in Terminal Services Configuration, Terminal Services clients may continue to receive a third-party Graphical Identification and Authentication (GINA) window.

To view the Use standard Windows authentication setting, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Terminal Services Configuration.
2. Click Connections, right-click the connection that you want to modify, such as RDP-Tcp, and then click Properties.
3. On the General tab, click to select the Use standard Windows authentication check box, and then click OK.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

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Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. Windows Server 2003, 32-bit editionsWindows Server 2003, 64-bit editions

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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