ReportControllerMissing

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Description

Stores the computer setting for the domain controller message. (The user setting is stored in the value of the ReportDC entry.)

This entry determines, in part, whether the system displays the following message when it cannot contact the domain controller that stores a user's roaming user profile:

A domain controller for your domain could not be contacted. You have been logged on using cached account information. Changes made to your profile since you last logged on might not be available.

Two entries manage display of the domain controller message: ReportDC and ReportControllerMissing. The message displays only when both entries are set to the display setting—that is, when ReportDC is either set to 1 or does not appear in the registry and when ReportDomainController appears in the registry with a value of TRUE. By default, the message does not display.

Note

While the domain controller message is displayed, other elements of the user interface are disabled, but all processes continue to run normally. If the OK button accompanying the domain controller message is not clicked after two minutes, the message box disappears.

The value of this entry must be in all capital letters. Otherwise, the system ignores the value and behaves as though the value is FALSE.

Windows 2000 does not add this entry to the registry. You can add it by editing the registry or by using a program that edits the registry.

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