Comments on: Disable that Annoying Windows Logon Warning Message

By: jdripper

jdripper — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:51:24 +0000

While that message might be there for a reason, do you really need to read it every single time you start up your machine? Over and over .. day after day …. Unless you have sever short term memory problems, you don’t. It will become a nuisance for most people, especially laptop users who will re-login more than desktop users.

This is one of those “IT tips on the web” than you can safely follow, and probably should do it, if for nothing other than your mental health.

By: josh

josh — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:03:52 +0000

cheers mate

By: Ronny

Ronny — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:34:44 +0000

Actually, there is a way to remove this even if it keeps coming back.
In my case, I’m in a company with a domain and enforcement. The message keeps coming back.

My message is under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system, not under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.

I didn’t remove the two, just erased their contents.
I then exported that part of the registry, and edited the REG file so that only the two erased keys are in it.

I saved it as ClearMessage.reg, and saved it under c:\windows.

I then created a ClearMessage.cmd, and put it under my startup folder in the start menu.
In that CMD file, I have the following:
“regedit /s c:\windows\ClearMessage.reg”
(I didn’t have the quotes, but I don’t think it matters).

I ran that CMD file one time, and rebooted my PC. It came up without the message.
After it booted up, the policy was pushed again, but my batch file clears it for the next reboot

-Ronny

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:31:05 +0000

If the machine is on a domain, even if you delete it, it is coming back. Plus, think about something beyond yourself. The message is there for a reason (and no, the reason is not to irritate you). Try and understand things from a compliance point of view. Removing this message may just help your company fail a compliance audit, and I suspect will put you in violation of IT policies. So, when you have to find a new job, you won’t have to worry about that pesky logon message anymore.

By: WindowsIs4Losers

WindowsIs4Losers — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:13:33 +0000

Actually you don’t need admin access rights to modify this part of the registry.

By: Head Shot

Head Shot — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:54:20 +0000

The LegalNoticeCaption and LegalNoticeText are usually blank before the message? I did this to my computer but I’m not sure how it was before and I don’t want the message anymore! Are you sure that I can make them blank or even delete them?

Thanks

Head Shot

By: uberconsult

uberconsult — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:45:37 +0000

I found this very helpful. After I installed a company’s VPN software on my own laptop, I would receive this message. Very annoying, especially since the laptop was not theirs and I did not use it exclusively for their business,
Thanks again!

By: west158

west158 — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:58:26 +0000

to the geek person who wrote this:

ive been lookign for this for ages, i always look on how to geek.com
and i officially think its the best website for comp probs.
even though im a little bit of a nerd/geek, i forget how to do the most simple things….

By: Frederico Gonzalez

Frederico Gonzalez — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:29:46 +0000

How can you create one?

By: Farhan Al-Farsi

Farhan Al-Farsi — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:59:40 +0000

Thanks..This has been a big help since I was facing a major problem with teh auto log in.