Interactive Logon Message Problem 1

[frogman23]

As part of our network/computer policy we have an interactive logon message that the users must agree to before they logon (nothing revolutionary thus far). About a month ago i depolyed a Windows Server 2003 server and promoted it to our FSMO DC. About a week after that (there were no significant network changes except i deployed a new file server) my message stating our legal rights etc has been truncated (don't have an exact character count but i guess its around 512 mark) on all of my clients. When i say all i mean my 2000, XP, 2003 file servers, 2003 storage server, etc. However, the full message appears on all my DC's wich are 2000's and 2003 R2 servers. I don't have any replication errors in the event log. This interactive logon message is defined in my main policy which also controls our password policy which is definately being enforced (trust me i had to change my password during this period). I have tried the hot fix that microsoft has provided for Windows 2000 machines with no luck. I hope someone can help me because i need my butt covered legally and this did work at one time. Thanks in advance.

 

[ntinlin]

I seem to recall a previous thread on this subject. Although I think they were topping out at around 256 characters.
Have a search.

Neill

 

[frogman23]

Could you point me to the direction of that thread. I can't seem to locate it. Thanks.

 

[IllogicallyLogical]

Without adding carriage returns, the maximum number of characters you can display in your logon message will be limited to 512. Reconfigure the "Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on" Group Policy setting on your DC and add carriage returns. By adding carriage returns you can have up to 2048 characters or 512 characters per line. Take a look at this link and see the note at the bottom.

- How to configure Windows Server 2003 to display a message when users log on

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310430

Joey
CCNA, MCP, A+, Network+, Wireless#