Tips for Techies - January 14, 2002

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Change Your Logon Message in Windows XP

From: Ethan Cruz, Issaquah, WA

Start regedit.

Navigate to H_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWSNT\CURRENTVERSION\WINLOGON.

In the key LegalNoticeCaption enter the Title you want to give the window.

In the key LegalNoticeText enter whatever message you want to display at logon.

Close regedit. To apply the changes, you will need to restart your computer.