Q147227: HOWTO: Adding Legal Notice on Logon for Unattended Setup

Article: Q147227
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbOPK kbSBK
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
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SUMMARY
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Adding the Legal Notice option for Unattended Setup requires modification of the
Software Hive.

MORE INFORMATION
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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

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Keywords          : kbOPK kbSBK 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT351search kbWinNT350search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTW350 kbWinNTW350search kbWinNTW351search kbWinNTW351 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWinNTS351 kbWinNTS350 kbWinNTS351search kbWinNTS350search
Version           : winnt:3.5,3.51,4.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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