HOWTO: Adding Legal Notice on Logon for Unattended Setup

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0

SUMMARY

Adding the Legal Notice option for Unattended Setup requires modification of the Software Hive.

MORE INFORMATION

From a shared copy of Windows NT on a system hard drive, expand the file, SOFTWARE._ to SOFTWARE. (EXPAND SOFTWARE._ SOFTWARE.). Then rename SOFTWARE._ to SOFTWARE.BAK.

NOTE: The Windows NT version of EXPAND.EXE is required to properly expand this file.

1. Run Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE).



2. Select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE window.



3. Highlight the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree.



4. Select Registry from the menu.



5. Select Load Hive.



6. Go to the location of the file SOFTWARE that was expanded.



7. When prompted for the Load Hive dialog box enter TEMP for the Key Name.



8. A new HIVE should now be listed called TEMP.



9. Double-click TEMP.



10. To enable the Legal Caption modify the following entries:
    
    

    
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\TEMP
             \Microsoft
                \Windows NT
                   \CurrentVersion
                      \Winlogon
    
          LegalNoticeCaption    REG_SZ
          Range: String
          Default:  (none)
    
          Specifies a caption for a message to appear when the user presses
          CTRL+ALT+DEL during logon. Add this value entry if you want to add
          a warning to be displayed when a user attempts to log on to a Windows
          NT system. The user cannot proceed with logging on without
          acknowledging this message.
    
          To specify text for the message, you must also specify a value for
          LegalNoticeText.
    
          LegalNoticeText    REG_SZ
          Range: String
          Default:  (none)
    
          Specifies the message to appear when the user presses CTRL+ALT+DEL
          during logon. Add this value entry if you want to add a warning to be
          displayed when a user attempts to log on to a Windows NT system. The
          user cannot proceed with logging on without acknowledging this
          message.
    
          To include a caption for the logon notice, you must also specify a
          value for LegalNoticeCaption. 




11. To save the changes highlight TEMP.



12. Select Registry from the menu.



13. Select UnLoad Hive.



14. The Hive is unload from the current session and is ready to be used for installation purposes.

Additional query words: prodnt 4.0 Unattended Setup

Keywords : kbOPK ntsetup ntreskit kbSBK
Version : winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto