Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002\nstrComputer = “.”<\/p>\nSet objReg=GetObject(“winmgmts:\\\\” & strComputer & “\\root\\default:StdRegProv”)<\/p>\n
strKeyPath = “SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon”\nstrValueName = “LegalNoticeCaption”\nstrValue = “Fabrikam, Inc. Legal Notice”\nobjReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue<\/p>\n
strKeyPath = “SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon”\nstrValueName = “LegalNoticeText”\nstrValue = “By logging on to this computer you agree to abide by the ”\nstrValue = strValue & “computer usage rules and regulations of Fabrikam, Inc.”\nstrValue = strValue & vbCrLf & vbCrLf\nstrValue = strValue & “For more information, phone (425)-555-1289.”\nobjReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue\n<\/PRE>\n
The preceding script sets the caption (LegalNoticeCaption) of the warning message dialog box to Fabrikam, Inc. Legal Notice<\/B>. It then sets the actual message itself (LegalNoticeText) to this:<\/P>\n
By logging on to this computer you agree to abide by the computer usage rules and regulations of Fabrikam, Inc.<\/B><\/P>\n
For more information, phone (425)-555-1289.<\/B><\/P>\n
You might notice in the script that we use several lines of code to configure the message. We don\u2019t necessarily have to do that; we could instead use one sprawling line of code that spanned several screens. Code like that is difficult to read and to modify, however, so we configured our message in several steps as opposed to one big step. To begin with, we set the value of a variable named strValue using this line of code:<\/P>
strValue = “By logging on to this computer you agree to abide by the ”\n<\/PRE>\nNow, take a look at the very next line of code in the script:<\/P>
strValue = strValue & “computer usage rules and regulations of Fabrikam, Inc.”\n<\/PRE>\nAs you can see, we now assign strValue the existing value of strValue (By logging on to this computer you agree to abide by the) plus<\/I> this: computer usage rules and regulations of Fabrikam, Inc. Our variable strValue now equals to this:<\/P>\n
By logging on to this computer you agree to abide by the computer usage rules and regulations of Fabrikam, Inc.<\/B><\/P>\n
We then tack on a couple of carriage return-linefeeds (using the VBScript constant vbCrLf) and then the last line of the message. With the entire message now stashed in the variable strName, we\u2019re ready to call the SetStringValue method and write this new value to the registry.<\/P>\n
Now, what if you change your mind and decide you don\u2019t want to use a warning message after all? If that happens just use a script and set both LegalNoticeCaption and LegalNoticeText to empty strings. Thus:<\/P>
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002\nstrComputer = “.”<\/p>\nSet objReg=GetObject(“winmgmts:\\\\” & strComputer & “\\root\\default:StdRegProv”)<\/p>\n
strKeyPath = “SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon”\nstrValueName = “LegalNoticeCaption”\nstrValue = “”\nobjReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue<\/p>\n
strKeyPath = “SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon”\nstrValueName = “LegalNoticeText”\nstrValue = “”\nobjReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue\n<\/PRE>\n
By the way, if you\u2019re interested in learning a bit more about manipulating registry values using scripts, watch the Things the Scripting Guys Never Told You<\/B><\/A> webcast.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use a script to change the legal warning message on a computer?— RB Hey, RB. As you all probably know, when you press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to log on to Windows, you\u2019re typically presented with a logon box. You type your user name, domain, and password in the box, click OK, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,26,3,5],"class_list":["post-70643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-operating-system","tag-registry","tag-scripting-guy","tag-vbscript"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"
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