Tweak Library – Display a custom logon message before logon.

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Display a custom logon message before logon.

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 XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

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 NT\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 NT\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 message is displayed to warn the users before logging into the system after the changes have been made in the registry.

The default "Logon Screen" is displayed without any 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 NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] key, right-click on 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 "Modify".

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

Fifth, go to the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] key, right-click on 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'.