This guide is based off my original EWF and MinLogon guide I wrote in 2004.
MinLogon is a component from Windows XP Embedded. It's meant for devices that need a small footprint and quick start up time. It bypasses the typical XP startup and login procedure. The OS essentially runs as the System account rather than a typical user account. It has some side effects such as the system not responding to the ACPI power button (search the MP3Car.com forums for a workaround) and some plug and play issues. I would recommend installing MinLogon after setting up your system. MinLogon does not require EWF to run and it's not necessary in order to install XP to a flash drive, but it has been shown to improve boot time considerably.
- To get the minlogon.exe file you'll need to download and install the XP Embedded trial software. You can find that on MSDN here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/windowsxpembedded/default.aspx. I'm not going to provide a download location for minlogon.exe, so don't ask.
- Once you've installed XP Embedded, search the Repositories share directory setup created for the latest version of minlogon.exe.
- Go to the Windows\System32 directory on the XP instance you're modifying and rename winlogon.exe to winlogon.exe.bak.
- Copy the minlogon.exe file to the Windows\System32 directory and then rename it to winlogon.exe.
- If you're doing this on a live running instance of XP and you have not disabled Windows File Protection you'll get a warning. Just cancel the Windows File Protection dialog and continue. Make sure that the new MinLogon file isn’t replaced by Windows File Protection!
- Next modify the registry on the XP system by changing the "Config" value in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon key to be 0x17.
- Boot the machine up!
5 comments:
So, I did all that
I got minlogon going.
BUT
Now my digitizer wont work and I cant figure out why.
=(
Sorry to hear that! Can you give me more info on your digitizer? What software does it use? Is it a service or user program? What dependencies does it have?
I too found out that my digitizer stopped working. It's a wacom tablet pc.
I also found out that i could not log into other computers on my network because windows doesn't ask for a password so it seems like it tries to log in as system and gets refused.
Hi Silvio!
This is the first time I'm in trouble installing minlogon. I'm trying to install it on an EspressoPC (Celeron500) w/128Megs of ram and 16G hard disk, on a Windows XP Corporate SP2 installation. I've installed it on dozen of CF without problems but, on this pc, system reboot continuosly at login, so I must recover original winlogon with a console recovery. Of course I followed any steps of your guide, included registry modification.
Have you never had a problem like this? Have you some suggestion?
Thank you!
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