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How to Enable a Warning Message During Windows Logon Welcome

Article ID:101063
Last Review:January 18, 2007
Revision:3.3
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SUMMARY

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:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

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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:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
The string values will appear on the logon banner.

Example:
"LegalNoticeCaption"="Important Notice:"
"LegalNoticeText"="No Unauthorized access allowed"

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows 95

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