Netgear WG111 disables Fast User Switching and the XP Welcome screen...

I installed the latest drivers Netgear offer for my WG111 USB wireless
adaptor. Consequently now my pretty Welcome screen has disappeared and
I'm left with the domain-style login box. When trying to enable it
again in Control Panel/User Accounts, I get an error telling me that
another program rtlgina.dll is preventing it.

After a morning of research, I've found a few articles on the Netgear
user forums suggesting two methods to fix.

One involves manually editing the Winlogon section of the registry -
hmm!
http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread...welcome+screen

The other is running some guy's exe that mucks about with your
*gina.dll.
http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread...welcome+screen
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...x_xp_logon.htm

The forum moderator says "Somehow the install is setting RTLGina2.dll
as its login DLL, rather than the default MSGINA.DLL that ships with
the OS. Use of a 3rd party GINA (Graphical Identification and
Authentication) will disable Fast User switching and the Welcome
Screen."

Yeah - brilliant - nice one Netgear. For a piece of hardware aimed at
the home user, who's going to use domains at home?!

Anyway I'm going to try the latter as a lot of other people have tried
it and it's apparently worked.

I just cannot believe that Netgear do not mention it in their
"Knowledge" base. This is a MAJOR bug and I would be scared to mess
about with this if I was less brave with PCs.

Share your comments about this.

"magichamster" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>The forum moderator says "Somehow the install is setting RTLGina2.dll
>as its login DLL, rather than the default MSGINA.DLL that ships with
>the OS. Use of a 3rd party GINA (Graphical Identification and
>Authentication) will disable Fast User switching and the Welcome
>Screen."

It seems to be a bad habit among driver writers these daze. Linksys
also does the same thing with the WUSB54GC:
<http://groups.google.com/group/alt.internet.wireless/msg/87b3f43b038d56f1>
<http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3536>
Linksys claims it's necessary to impliment LEAP authentication, which
is not very secure, not commonly used, and methinks a rather dubious
requirement. My guess(tm) is that the vendor and author of both the
Linksys WUSB54GC and Netgear WG111 USB devices are the same.


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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:44:08 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>"magichamster" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:
>
>>The forum moderator says "Somehow the install is setting RTLGina2.dll
>>as its login DLL, rather than the default MSGINA.DLL that ships with
>>the OS. Use of a 3rd party GINA (Graphical Identification and
>>Authentication) will disable Fast User switching and the Welcome
>>Screen."
>
>It seems to be a bad habit among driver writers these daze. Linksys
>also does the same thing with the WUSB54GC:
><http://groups.google.com/group/alt.internet.wireless/msg/87b3f43b038d56f1>
><http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3536>
>Linksys claims it's necessary to impliment LEAP authentication, which
>is not very secure, not commonly used, and methinks a rather dubious
>requirement.

Color me very skeptical.

>My guess(tm) is that the vendor and author of both the
>Linksys WUSB54GC and Netgear WG111 USB devices are the same.

And probably incompetent.

Better to look for gear with decent Windows-certified drivers.

In other words: switch, don't fight.

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On Feb 14, 6:09 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:44:08 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
> <j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
> <69i6t2l77a5qq9pj1q7e4b1knm6030i...@4ax.com>:
>
> >"magichamster" <jimfdav...@googlemail.com> hath wroth:
>
> >>The forum moderator says "Somehow the install is setting RTLGina2.dll
> >>as its login DLL, rather than the default MSGINA.DLL that ships with
> >>the OS. Use of a 3rd party GINA (Graphical Identification and
> >>Authentication) will disable Fast User switching and the Welcome
> >>Screen."
>
> >It seems to be a bad habit among driver writers these daze. Linksys
> >also does the same thing with the WUSB54GC:
> ><http://groups.google.com/group/alt.internet.wireless/msg/87b3f43b038d...>
> ><http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.p...>
> >Linksys claims it's necessary to impliment LEAP authentication, which
> >is not very secure, not commonly used, and methinks a rather dubious
> >requirement.
>
> Color me very skeptical.
>
> >My guess(tm) is that the vendor and author of both the
> >Linksys WUSB54GC and Netgear WG111 USB devices are the same.
>
> And probably incompetent.
>
> Better to look for gear with decent Windows-certified drivers.
>
> In other words: switch, don't fight.
>
> --
> Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
> John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo>
> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>

Thanks, guys.

If anyone lands here looking for answers, the links I provided are
good.
I just tried Doug Knox's script and it's fine. I was a bit worried
that it wouldn't support XP SP2 but it was ok. Yay!

This caused me a lot of angst so now I just use the 1.3 version of the
cd drivers and not the 2.0 version. I agree that Netgear have
completely alienated many loyal (like myself who installs their kit
for a living) and all no need to be loyal customers. When I first
deduced the problem for myself and rang their support for help they
acted like they knew nothing about it when it was obvious this was
affecting thousands and thousands of users.



On 14 Feb 2007 02:40:02 -0800, "magichamster"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I installed the latest drivers Netgear offer for my WG111 USB wireless
>adaptor. Consequently now my pretty Welcome screen has disappeared and
>I'm left with the domain-style login box. When trying to enable it
>again in Control Panel/User Accounts, I get an error telling me that
>another program rtlgina.dll is preventing it.
>
>After a morning of research, I've found a few articles on the Netgear
>user forums suggesting two methods to fix.
>
>One involves manually editing the Winlogon section of the registry -
>hmm!
>http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread...welcome+screen
>
>The other is running some guy's exe that mucks about with your
>*gina.dll.
>http://forum1.netgear.com/showthread...welcome+screen
>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...x_xp_logon.htm
>
>The forum moderator says "Somehow the install is setting RTLGina2.dll
>as its login DLL, rather than the default MSGINA.DLL that ships with
>the OS. Use of a 3rd party GINA (Graphical Identification and
>Authentication) will disable Fast User switching and the Welcome
>Screen."
>
>Yeah - brilliant - nice one Netgear. For a piece of hardware aimed at
>the home user, who's going to use domains at home?!
>
>Anyway I'm going to try the latter as a lot of other people have tried
>it and it's apparently worked.
>
>I just cannot believe that Netgear do not mention it in their
>"Knowledge" base. This is a MAJOR bug and I would be scared to mess
>about with this if I was less brave with PCs.
>
>Share your comments about this.