HTML style Legal message before logon?

[sunil5]

Hi all,

As per subject- I know Windows XP has the feature of displaying a legal notice just after pressing Ctrl+ Alt+Del; but what I want is this to be replaced by a HTML based page (containing the legal message), that fills the whole screen and which is more readable. Is this at all possible?

Many thanks in advanced,

Sunil

 

[bcastner]

You can do things with the Welcome Screen form of logon. See faq779-4431 but the Security Logon I believe cannot be modified exactly as you state in the question.

But you do have some things to play with. Kelly Theriot notes:

Customize the Windows Logon and Security Dialog Title
Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Value Name: Welcome, Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value), Value Data: Text to display. Create a new String value, or modify the existing value, called 'Welcome' and edit the value according to the settings below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Legal Notice Dialog Box Before Logon
Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Modify the value named 'LegalNoticeCaption' to represent the caption on the dialog box (e.g. 'WARNING!'). If this value doesn't already exist create it. Modify the value named 'LegalNoticeText' to represent the body of the dialog box (e.g. 'Do Not Attempt to Logon to this system unless you are an authorized user!') Exit your registry and restart Windows, and the next time you boot up you should be presented with the dialog box before logging on.

Change the Message Shown on the Logon Box
Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon. Value Name: LogonPrompt, Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value). Create a new string value named 'LogonPrompt' and enter the text you want to display. The default message is: 'Enter a user name and password that is valid for this system.' This feature can be used in conjunction with the Legal Notice Dialog Box Before Logon tweak.

Finally, you might be able to do what you want by specifying a custom wallpaper:

http://www.updatexp.com/tip12.html