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Display a Text Message On Your Windows Vista Logon Screen

You can put a notice on your Windows Vista logon screen so that each time when your PC is booted up, it displays a notice to the person who boot up the PC. You can put two lines of text: the caption and the message that describes the caption.

To put the text on Windows Vista logon screen, you will need to edit your Windows' registry entries.

• Press Windows Key + R to bring up "run" window. Type in regedit to start Windows registry editor.
• In registry editor, navigate the tree on the left to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System.
• On the right pane, double click legalnoticecaption and type in the text that you want to put it as caption. Click  Ok to apply the changes.
• On the right pane, double click legalnoticetext and type in the text that you want to put it as message.Click  Ok to apply the changes.
• Exit registry editor and Log off to see the changes.

Note: You can also use Start -> All Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy to edit the text message but this option is only available in Windows Vista Business and Enterprise editions.

[via The Windows Club]

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