Display a custom logon message before logon.

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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.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
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. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]</b> 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 <b>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]</b> 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'.


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Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: LegalNoticeCaption
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Add an Entry
  • Path: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
  • Location: Local Machine
  • Value Name: LegalNoticeText
  • Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
  • Action Type: Add an Entry


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