We recently changed domains at work, and with over four hundred public machines on campus, I was looking for a way to remind the users to use the new domain, to reduce confusion. There are two parts to this - changing the logon dialog box title, and adding custom text.
To change the text, fire up regedit and navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Create a new string value called "LogonPrompt", double-click on it and enter the text you want to display.
To change the dialog title, create a new string value called "Welcome", double-click on it and enter the text you want to appear in the title bar of the Windows logon dialog box.
Erich is a web developer and a native New Englander who is passionate about life, the universe, and everything.
He is a Drupal consultant, previously employed as a senior developer at Harvard University, working on the IQSS OpenScholar project. Prior to joining the team at Harvard, he was the engineering manager at CommonPlaces e-Solutions, in Hampstead, NH, contributing as the lead engineer on the Greenopolis.com and Twolia.com.
Erich is active in the Drupal community, having contributed modules and patches to the community. He presented at DrupalCon in Szeged Hungary, and co-presented at DrupalCon 2009 in Washington, DC.
Erich lives in New Hampshire with his wife, two sons, and three weimaraners. When not writing code, Erich enjoys landscaping and woodworking.
Recent comments
18 hours 31 min ago
1 week 6 days ago
1 week 6 days ago
1 week 6 days ago
1 week 6 days ago
1 week 6 days ago
2 weeks 1 day ago
4 weeks 1 day ago
10 weeks 3 days ago
16 weeks 6 days ago