It is possible to display a dialog box containing a customized message - legal notice,privacy policy,warning,friendly. welcome or any other information - before logon every time thtat Windows boots. In other words, this feature can be used to bring any sort of information to the user's notice before the user can start using the computer.
To display such a customized banner one has to follow the undermensioned steps:
2. Search for ,or create, the following registry key :
for Windows 95,98,ME :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
for Windows 2000,XP and NT :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
3. Create a new string value,LegalNoticeCaption, which shall contain the caption title of the dialog box.
The actual text for the caption title can be entered by right clicking on this string value and selecting the Modify option.
4. Create another new string value, LegalNoticeText, which shall contain the body of the message displayed in the dialog box.
5. Exit the Windows registry. You might have to restart the Windows session for the changes to come in affect.
The next time you start Windows, you shall be greeted by a message.
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