Customize Vista Logon screen with a Text Message

Posted on Aug 26, 2008

With the help of this tutorial you can display a Message Title and Text of your choice. This message will be displayed on a screen which will appear before the logon screen in Windows Vista.


Here's how you can do this>>>

• Click on the Start button, type regedit and hit Enter
• Click Continue to bypass the UAC
• In Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
  

• Move into the right pane, double click on legalnoticecaption and click Modify
• In the Value data field, type a Title of your choice say "Warning ! Danger Ahead" (without the quotes) and hit Enter.
• To give a text, double-click on legalnoticetext given right below and click Modify again.
• In the Value data field, type a text of your choice say "Tighten your seat belts and Get ready to explore the World of Windows Vista"(without the quotes) and press Enter.
• Exit Registry Editor and Log off to see the changes.
  

This is how the screen shud look: