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Edit a remote registry through Windbg

I found a way to edit the registry while under a remote Windbg session. !dreg allows you to read the registry, but I had added a corrupt authentication package to the Lsa list in the registry that I had to remove. I found out the hard way that LSASS will load all authentication packages listed, [...]

How to debug a Credential Provider locally

Here is a quick and easy way to debug a Credential Provider running on your development machine, without needing to set up a kernel debugging session with two computers. Before you go down this road, let me tell you a little bit about LogonUI.exe behavior (as seen on Windows 7 ultimate SP1 64 bits) set [...]

Unlocking another user’s session using Credential Providers

I have been working a little bit lately on a Credential Provider port of my custom GINA. I did some tests, I poked around the API and I whipped together something I could load and play with. The route I first thought of taking is still the right one, but I ran into some unexpected [...]