Article ID: 315232
Article Last Modified on 6/11/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
This article was previously published under Q315232
For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see 101063.
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SUMMARY
This article describes how to add a warning message to be displayed when a user logs on to the computer.
Some users might interpret the "Welcome" logon dialog box as an invitation to breach system security. Although you cannot change the "Welcome" caption in the box, you can display a warning message box.
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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
To enable display of a warning message, make the following changes in the registry:
- Start Registry Editor (Regedit).
- Locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, and then go to the following key:
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Add or modify the following values:
Name Data Type Value ----------------------------------------------- LegalNoticeCaption REG_SZ Dialog Caption LegalNoticeText REG_SZ Dialog MessageFor example, the "LegalNoticeCaption" can be "Important Notice:" and the "LegalNoticeText" can be "No unauthorized access is allowed".
The user sees this dialog box after the user presses CTRL+ALT+DEL and before the user sees the logon dialog box. The user can click OK in the message box and log on normally. Quit Registry Editor.
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