Change the Message Shown on the Logon Box

You can personalize (or legalize) the message displayed on the logon box above the user name and password.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new string value named 'LogonPrompt' and enter the text you want to display. The default message is: 'Enter a user name and password that is valid for this system.'

This feature can be used in conjunction with the Legal Notice Dialog Box Before Logon tweak.


Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
Name: LogonPrompt
Type: REG_SZ (String Value)

Disable Password Caching

Normally Windows caches a copy of the users password on the local system to allow for additional automation, this leads to a possible security threat on some systems. Disabling caching means the users passwords are not cached locally. This setting also removes the second Windows password screen and also remove the possibility of networks passwords to get out of sync.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'DisablePwdCaching' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


Settings:
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Network]
Name: DisablePwdCaching
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = disabled, 1=enabled)

Force the Use of Automatic Logon

Normally when a Windows machine is configured to automatically logon to a specified account users can bypass this and enter alternate account information. This tweak forces the machine to auto logon and to ignore any bypass attempts.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new string value called "ForceAutoLogon" and set it to equal "1" to force automatic logons or "0" to allow alternate users.

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.


Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersionWinlogon]
Name: ForceAutoLogon
Type: REG_SZ (String Value)
Value: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Show Verbose Security Status Messages

This setting allows you to configure Windows so that you receive verbose startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status messages. This may be helpful to in troubleshooting slow startup, shutdown, logon, or logoff behaviour.

Open your registry and find or create the key below.

To enable verbose status messages create a new DWORD value called "verbosestatus" and set it to "1".

An additional value called "DisableStatusMessages" forces status messages to be disabled, make sure this value does not exist or is set to "0".

Restart Windows for the change to take effect.


Settings:
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
Name: verbosestatus
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = default, 1 = enable versbose status)