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    Logon Title and Text Message
    How to Display a Log on Screen Title and Text Message in Vista and Windows 7
    Published by Brink is online now
    28 Nov 2007
    Logon Title and Text Message

    How to Display a Log on Screen Title and Text Message in Vista and Windows 7

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    This will allow you to display whatever Title and or Text Message you want displayed before the log on screen appears in Vista and Windows 7.
    This can be helpful for listing policies or logon procedures for example.

    EXAMPLE: Logon Title and Text Message Screen
    NOTE: The Text message can fill the entire space between the lines. When you click OK , you will be taken to the logon screen.
    example.jpg



    METHOD ONE

    Through Local Security Policy

    1. Open the Local Security Policy editor.

    2. In the left pane, click on Local Policies and Security Options. (See screenshot below)
    security_policy.jpg
    3. For a Message Title
    A) In the right pane, right click on Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on and click on Properties. (See screenshot above)

    B) Type in a title that you want and click on OK. (See screenshot below)
    NOTE: Leave it blank if you do not want a Message Title. Leaving both the Message Title and Text blank will remove the Logon Title and Text screen.
    title_properties.jpg
    4. For a Message Text
    A) In the right pane, right click on Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on and click on Properties. (See screenshot below step 2)

    B) Type in the text that you want and click on OK. (See screenshot below)
    NOTE: Leave it blank if you do not want a Message Title. Leaving both the Message Title and Text blank will remove the Logon Title and Text screen.
    text_properties.jpg
    5. Close the Local Security Policy window.

    6. Log off to see the messages if you like.





    METHOD TWO

    Manually in Registry Editor

    1. Open the Start Menu, then type regedit in the search box and press Enter.

    2. If prompted by UAC, then click on Continue (Vista) or Yes (Windows 7)

    3. In regedit, navigate to the location below. (See screenshot below)
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
    system_reg.jpg
    4. For a Message Title
    A) In the right pane, right click on legalnoticecaption and click on Modify. (See screenshot above)

    B) Type in a title that you want and click on OK. (See screenshot below)
    NOTE: Leave it blank if you do not want a Message Title. Leaving both the Message Title and Text blank will remove the Logon Title and Text screen.
    modify_title.jpg
    5. For a Message Text
    A) In the right pane, right click on legalnoticetext and click on Modify. (See screenshot below step 4)

    B) Type in the text that you want and click on OK. (See screenshot below)
    NOTE: Leave it empty if you do not want a Message Text. Leaving both the Message Title and Text blank will remove the Logon Title and Text screen.
    modify_text.jpg
    6. Close regedit.

    7. Log off to see the messages if you like.
    That's it,
    Shawn






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    Re: Logon Title and Text Message

    I noticed that this does not work if you have the Aurora boot screen enabled (by checking the No Gui Boot option in msconfig).



    Is there any way to get them both to work?

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    Re: Logon Title and Text Message

    Hi sbw07, and welcome to Vista x64 Forums.

    The SP1 must have fixed this problem. I do not seem to have a problem with the Title and Text appearing at the Welcome logon screen. It should still appear in the Switch User and Log Off screens for you though. See if enabling the CTRL+ALT+DEL Secure Logon screen will help.

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    Re: Logon Title and Text Message

    I must have done something wrong originally, now it's working fine.

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    Re: Logon Title and Text Message

    sbw07, I'm glad to hear that it is working now. Did you enable the CTRL+ALT+DEL Secure logon screen before it started working for you, or did it just start working later on it's own?

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    Re: Logon Title and Text Message

    I actually disabled CTRL+ALT+DEL before it started working, although now it works even when enabled. I also had my system configured to auto-login to my account. Another thing was that I had entered in values in the LegalNoticeText & LegalNoticeCaption DWORDS in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
    Lastly I had not entered anything into the legalnoticecaption key that you mention. It started working after I did.
    However I don't know what caused it to start working, being that I played with all the other settings I mentioned.

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    Re: Logon Title and Text Message

    It looks like you just entered them into the wrong registry location. The LegalNoticeText & LegalNoticeCaption String Value (REG_SZ) at:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

    do not both need to have anything entered for them to work. You should be able to have either a Title or Text, or both.

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    Re: Logon Title and Text Message

    Is there anyway to disable this in Vista Home Premium 32 bit? Please help me out.

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    Re: Logon Title and Text Message

    Hi VapouRx7, and welcome to Vista Forums.

    Yes. You will just need to go back and clear the entries so that they are blank in Method Two (steps 5 and 6). Afterwards, you will not have the screen anymore.

    Hope this helps,
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    Re: Logon Title and Text Message

    Quote Originally Posted by Brink View Post
    Hi VapouRx7, and welcome to Vista Forums.

    Yes. You will just need to go back and clear the entries so that they are blank in Method Two (steps 5 and 6). Afterwards, you will not have the screen anymore.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
    Thanks for replying so quickly, but it's not working. I configured this message trough an program (WinSettings or something else, a registery defragmenter i think), i first set the two strings to 0, and then i got an startup message with "0", then i removed it again, then my old one was there.

    Any help? (Btw, the program has expired by now, i really want to remove the message, hardly.)

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