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22 changes: 5 additions & 17 deletions sdk-api-src/content/winwlx/ns-winwlx-wlx_mpr_notify_info.md
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Expand Up @@ -66,36 +66,24 @@ The <b>WLX_MPR_NOTIFY_INFO</b> structure provides identification and authenticat

A pointer to the name of the account logged onto (for example "user_name").




The string pointed to by <b>pszUserName</b> must be separately allocated by your GINA DLL. It will be deallocated by Winlogon.
The string pointed to by <b>pszUserName</b> must be separately allocated by your <a href="/windows/desktop/SecGloss/g-gly">GINA</a> DLL, using <a href="/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-localalloc">LocalAlloc</a>. It will be deallocated by <a href="/windows/desktop/SecGloss/w-gly">Winlogon</a>.

### -field pszDomain

A pointer to the name of the domain used to log on.




The string pointed to by pszDomain must be separately allocated by your GINA DLL. It will be deallocated by Winlogon.
The string pointed to by pszDomain must be separately allocated by your <a href="/windows/desktop/SecGloss/g-gly">GINA</a> DLL, using <a href="/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-localalloc">LocalAlloc</a>. It will be deallocated by <a href="/windows/desktop/SecGloss/w-gly">Winlogon</a>.

### -field pszPassword

A pointer to the plaintext password of the user account. If <b>pszOldPassword</b> is not <b>NULL</b>, <b>pszPassword</b> contains the new password from a password-change operation.

The string pointed to by <b>pszPassword</b> must be separately allocated by your <a href="/windows/desktop/SecGloss/g-gly">GINA</a> DLL, using <a href="/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-localalloc">LocalAlloc</a>. It will be deallocated by <a href="/windows/desktop/SecGloss/w-gly">Winlogon</a>.



The string pointed to by <b>pszPassword</b> must be separately allocated by your GINA DLL. It will be deallocated by Winlogon.

For information about protecting passwords, see <a href="/windows/desktop/SecBP/handling-passwords">Handling Passwords</a>.
For information about protecting passwords, see <a href="/windows/desktop/SecBP/handling-passwords">Handling Passwords</a>.

### -field pszOldPassword

A pointer to the plaintext old password of the user account whose password has just been changed (in this case, <i>pszPassword</i> contains the new password).




The string pointed to by <b>pszOldPassword</b> must be separately allocated by your GINA DLL. It will be deallocated by Winlogon.
The string pointed to by <b>pszOldPassword</b> must be separately allocated by your <a href="/windows/desktop/SecGloss/g-gly">GINA</a> DLL, using <a href="/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-localalloc">LocalAlloc</a>. It will be deallocated by <a href="/windows/desktop/SecGloss/w-gly">Winlogon</a>.