The logon dialog box that is displayed can be interpreted as an invitation to breach system security. The "Welcome" caption on the dialog box cannot be changed. However, you can enable a warning message dialog box to be displayed.

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Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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Windows NT and Later

To enable a warning message to be displayed, make the following changes to the registry:

1.	Start Registry Editor.
2.	From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following subkey: SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
3.	Add or modify the following values: Name Data Type Value ----------------------------------------------- LegalNoticeCaption REG_SZ Dialog Caption LegalNoticeText REG_SZ Dialog Message

NOTE: This dialog box is presented to the user after they press CTRL+ALT+DEL and before the logon dialog box is presented.

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Windows 95 and Windows 98

To enable a warning message, modify the following registry key: The string values will appear on the logon banner.

Example:

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