Microsoft KB Archive/147227

= How To Adding Legal Notice on Logon for Unattended Setup =

Article ID: 147227

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q147227



SUMMARY
Adding the Legal Notice option for Unattended Setup requires modification of the Software Hive.



MORE INFORMATION
From a shared copy of Windows NT on a system hard drive, expand the file, SOFTWARE._ to SOFTWARE. (EXPAND SOFTWARE._ SOFTWARE.). Then rename SOFTWARE._ to SOFTWARE.BAK.

NOTE: The Windows NT version of EXPAND.EXE is required to properly expand this file.

 Run Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE). Select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE window. Highlight the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree. Select Registry from the menu. Select Load Hive. Go to the location of the file SOFTWARE that was expanded. When prompted for the Load Hive dialog box enter TEMP for the Key Name.</li> A new HIVE should now be listed called TEMP.</li> Double-click TEMP.</li>  To enable the Legal Caption modify the following entries:

<pre class="fixed_text">     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TEMP \Microsoft \Windows NT              \CurrentVersion \Winlogon

LegalNoticeCaption   REG_SZ Range: String Default: (none)

Specifies a caption for a message to appear when the user presses CTRL+ALT+DEL during logon. Add this value entry if you want to add a warning to be displayed when a user attempts to log on to a Windows NT system. The user cannot proceed with logging on without acknowledging this message.

To specify text for the message, you must also specify a value for LegalNoticeText.

LegalNoticeText   REG_SZ Range: String Default: (none)

Specifies the message to appear when the user presses CTRL+ALT+DEL during logon. Add this value entry if you want to add a warning to be     displayed when a user attempts to log on to a Windows NT system. The user cannot proceed with logging on without acknowledging this message.

To include a caption for the logon notice, you must also specify a     value for LegalNoticeCaption. </li> To save the changes highlight TEMP.</li> Select Registry from the menu.</li> Select UnLoad Hive.</li> The Hive is unload from the current session and is ready to be used for installation purposes.</li></ol>

Additional query words: prodnt 4.0 Unattended Setup

Keywords: kbhowto kbsbk KB147227

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