Display a warning screen before logon TS

A: One of our clients is running Windows 2000 TS. Whenever the user accesses the TS, a screen displays a warning. Where is the file located?

Q: This is called Legal Notice. You may have two options to enable/modify the Legal Notice, using group policy or modifying the registry entries.

1. To enable the Legal Notice using group policy, follow these steps.

1) Run gpedit.msc to open Group Policy.

2) Explore Computer Configuration.

3) Select Windows Settings.

4) Click Security Settings.

5) Local Policies.

6) Security Options.

7) On the right pane, double-click on the Message text for users attempting to log on and Message title for users attempting to log on.

8) Type the messages and title.

2. To display the "Welcome" caption on the dialog box when logon Windows Terminal Services, you can modify the registry. Please follow these steps.

Start Registry Editor using regedit.

From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following subkey:

SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Add or modify the following values:

Name Data Type Value ----------------------------------------------- LegalNoticeCaption REG_SZ Dialog Caption LegalNoticeText REG_SZ Dialog Message

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