Sign On Warning Message

   It is best (for legal reasons) to have a warning message that is displayed on your computer screen before allowing anyone to log on to the workstation.  By doing so you will be protecting yourself legally if challenging an intrusion in court.  The perpetrator won't be able to say "I didn't know that I needed a company assigned password for access to the system, therefore I'm innocent of the charge of illegal access."

    How do I build a Custom Log on Warning?

    You'll need to run the REGEDIT.EXE program to accomplish this chore, but we'll show you how in a few easy steps.  You might want to print out this page for reference.

   Step 1:

    Click on the [Start] button, and select [Run].  When the dialog box pops up and asks you the name of the program to run, enter the following     REGEDIT   and press enter.   This will run the registry editor.

    Step 2:

    In the Edit menu of the registry editor there is a menu item named [Find].  Click on this item and a dialog box will appear asking you what to look for.  Enter   LegalNotice  in the space provided, and press the enter key.  (Note: Leave all of the radio boxes checked except the Match whole string only box.)

    Step 3:

    Be patient.  It will take NT a while to find the registry entry for you.  When it locates the entry it will be highlighted on this key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

    Step 4:

    There are two key values that you'll need to double click on and enter text.  They are:

    LegalNoticeCaption  and
    LegalNoticeText

    Just double click on each of the subkeys and enter first what the alert box title should be (the caption), and the legal text.  Enter spaces where you need them, and don't worry about word wrapping because NT will take care of that for you.  When you are done just exit REGEDIT.  The next time you log onto Windows NT the alert will appear after you press Control+Alt+Delete.  Pretty easy huh?

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