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Fire up regedit and go the following registry entry:
If you have a stand-alone server, fire up regedit and go the following registry entry:


  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon\
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon\
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Edit the LegalNoticeText and put a message like “I have the owner ship!”
Edit the LegalNoticeText and put a message like “I have the owner ship!”
and save it, and close the Windows® Registry.
and save it, and close the Windows® Registry.
If the server is part of a domain, you need to set a Group Policy on the Domain Controller:
1. Login to the domain controller machine with the administrator account.
2. Click on '''Administrative Tools''', Click on '''Group Policy Management'''.
3. Expand '''Forest''' -> '''Domains''' -> '''mydomain.com'''.  Right click on '''Default Domain Policy''' and choose '''Edit'''
4. Expand '''Computer Configurations''' -> '''Policies''' -> '''Windows Settings''' -> '''Security Settings''' -> '''Local Policies''' -> '''Security Options'''
5. Edit the '''Interactive Logon : Message text for users attempting to log on''' parameter
6. Edit the '''Interactive Logon : Message title for users attempting to log on''' parameter
7. Run '''gpupdate''' on any clients you want to update immediately.

Revision as of 04:26, 16 November 2016

If you have a stand-alone server, fire up regedit and go the following registry entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon\

There you have two String values:

 LegalNoticeCaption
 LegalNoticeText

Edit the LegalNoticeCaption and put a title text like “Warning”.

Edit the LegalNoticeText and put a message like “I have the owner ship!” and save it, and close the Windows® Registry.

If the server is part of a domain, you need to set a Group Policy on the Domain Controller:

1. Login to the domain controller machine with the administrator account.

2. Click on Administrative Tools, Click on Group Policy Management.

3. Expand Forest -> Domains -> mydomain.com. Right click on Default Domain Policy and choose Edit

4. Expand Computer Configurations -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options

5. Edit the Interactive Logon : Message text for users attempting to log on parameter

6. Edit the Interactive Logon : Message title for users attempting to log on parameter

7. Run gpupdate on any clients you want to update immediately.