Display a Message at Start Up

November 27 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Registry, Tips n Trix, Windows 7

At the time of of Windows boot up a popup message can be added which contains any message you wish to display. In many organizations there a display of a message whenever you boot it to display instructions or policies of Organization etc.

Here is how you can do it too :

  • Open Registry Editor (Go to Start Run type Regedit & press enter)
  • Naviagte to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
  • In the Right Side pane select & open LegalNoticeCaption and enter a value that you want to see in the Menu Bar.
  • Next to it open LegalNoticeText and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots.
  • close Registry & Restart for changes to take effect.

 

Setting up Menu bar text using LegalNoticeCaption key.

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Setting up Message to Display after computer Boots up using LegalNoticeText key.

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This trick works with Windows 7 and earlier Versions of Windows as well.

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