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.

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