Create a user acceptance form at login... 1

[DigitalRolly]

Hi there!

We are planning on pushing out a new internet usage policy. What management would like is to get all users, when they log onto their workstations (initially right after they input their username and pass), to get the internet usage policy infront of them. They have to read it and then click yes or no. Obviously they click no it logs them back out, the click yes and they go in as well as a notification of the action sent to our HR Dept.

Is this something I should post in here or in the code cutters section?

Cheers!

 

[BobStubbs]

If you have someone who can program in Visual Basic, or a similar language, you could construct this idea:

1. Build a program which displays a 'splash screen' containing the internet usage policy, and has [Yes] and [No] response buttons. The buttons should be activated via a timer control after (say) ten seconds, so users are forced to read the message.
2. The [Yes] response writes to a transaction log file, which your HR people can collect / read daily or as required. The log entry can contain date, time and username (available from an environment variable)
3. The [No] response calls a Windows API which forces an immediate logout.
4. The program can be held on your logon server, with a shortcut to the program placed in each users Startup group, or forced to run at logon via a login script.
5. Users must be denied access to the Startup group, so they can't disable the program, if it is run this way.

As users may find this annoying if it happens every time they log on, why not do something similar by replacing the icon or menu option which runs your browser, with a shortcut to the 'splash screen' program. The [Yes] response then runs your browser as well as making the log file entry. This method means that users who don't need internet access don't have to go through the process every time they log on.

I hope that these ideas are of some use.

Bob Stubbs

 

[JFBouchard]

Hi, something even more simple, but it goes before logging and after the user had made CTRL-ALT-DEL which is even more reliable from a legal point of view...
"By logging in, you agree to this internet policy". With an OK button.

How set this up:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315232

Enter the text you want is the registry. No programmation at all.

Hope this helps. Please let me know if this resolve your issue

Jeff