Tweak Library – Display a custom logon message before logon

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Display a custom logon message before logon (For Win 98/Me).

This setting enables you to specify a warning message about illegal access to a computer that will be shown before the user types his data to the logon screen.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me

Description:

This setting enables you to specify a warning message about illegal access to a computer that will be shown before the user types his data to the logon screen.

The message tells any potential user that is illegal to try to get access to a computer without the permission of the authorized user.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create string values “LegalNoticeCaption” and “LegalNoticeText”, if these values do not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the values to the text and caption that will be the caption and text for the message.

NOTE:
If you using your computer as a print-server or any other specialized system, you can use automatic logon and you can disable this setting.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

LegalNoticeCaption

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

type text that will be the caption for the message

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Registry Entry 2 :

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

LegalNoticeText

Data Type :

REG_SZ (String Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

type text for the message

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

A user-defined message is displayed before the "Logon Screen" after the changes have been made in the registry.

The default "Logon Screen" is displayed without any user-defined message.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] key, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "LegalNoticeCaption".

Third, right-click on the 'LegalNoticeCaption' String value and click on 'OK'.

Fourth, enter the "Caption" you want in the text box and click on 'OK'.

Fifth, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] key, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > String Value" to create a new String value with the name "LegalNoticeText".

Sixth, right-click on the 'LegalNoticeText' String value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the text you want in the text box and click on 'OK'.