Display a Start Up Message in Windows XP before logging in. ~ Ask The Admin

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Display a Start Up Message in Windows XP before logging in.

Before someone logs into your machine a message can be displayed. This is meant to inform you that you are being monitored or you are bound by some formal code of conduct.


legal notice ask the admin windows xp
You can use it to display a message in your absence to remind your buddies you are an all knowing Admin. You can do it pretty easily by displaying what Microsoft refers to as a legal notice at system start up.

  • GO TO RUN
  • REGEDIT
  • Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
  • Change legalnoticecaption"="Legal Notice"
  • legalnoticetext="AskTheAdmin is watching you."

obviously you can replace Legal notice or AskTheAdmin is watching you with any text you want. The editors over here are pretty sure you can find some Funny Practical uses for this on your, or a public, PC...


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