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Create Your Own Logon Message
You can create a message that
will appear when you log on to your computer.
1.
Click
Start,
click
Run,
type
regedit,
and then click
OK.
2.
In the Registry Editor, drill down to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
3.
Right-click
LegalNoticeCaption,
click
Modify,
type
My Windows XP Machine,
and then click
OK.
4.
Right-click
LegalNoticeText,
click
Modify,
and then type your message.
5.
Close the editor and your new message will appear at every log on.
This tip applies to computers
that are part of a domain. For stand-alone or peer-to-peer networks, the
custom screen appears just before the Welcome screen.
You may need to have an
administrator account on your computer to make changes to the registry.
Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. At
the very least, you should back up any valued data on the computer before
making changes to the registry.
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