Create Your Own Logon Message

[Guest ellas]

Make Windows XP say anything you want when your computer boots up.

You can change what your computer says as it boots up. I'm sure you can think up a legitimate purpose for this tweak, but you can also use it to scare your friends.this is how to create a custom message that'll appear every time you log on to your computer.

Since you'll need to make changes to the Windows Registry, back it up before you get started. If you screw something up, you'll need your backup to restore previous settings. Now let's get started.

Click Start, click Run, and type "regedit" (without quotes) to launch your Registry Editor.

Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Right-click LegalNoticeCaption, click Modify, and type whatever caption you'd like your message window to have.

Click OK.

Right-click LegalNoticeText, click Modify, and type your message.

Close the editor.

Your new message will appear at every logon of your computer (if it's part of a domain). If you use a stand-alone computer or peer-to-peer network, your special logon will appear just before the Welcome screen.

[Guest Blink_182_fan]

pretty cool but knowing my luck i'd screw something up

[trackrat]

http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=32

Blink if you do not want to play with the registry go to the above site and download Bootskin it allows you to change your boot screen and their are hundreds of them.

Oops download this first and install then go to the above link.

http://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/

[Chris]

Ummm this is a logon message nothing to do with a boot screen.

[expertec]

Where does the message appear?

[Guest ellas]

logon will appear just before the Welcome screen

[expertec]

Thanks