Pop up reminder

[Brianfree]

Hi, i have a small network with 10 computers and i want to pop up a message when someone logs in to show a company message / warning and have an sheduled pop up message.

Message needs to be accepted before the user can ignore it or do anything else.

Please can anyone help.

Regards.

BF

 

[linney]

Have you tried the Vbscript forum?

http://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=329

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[ForumKB]

Is this on an AD domain? If so there is a group policy that can be set to pop up a message on login.

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[CatchTwentyTwo]

You might be able to achieve this using the registry. This assumes you are using a Windows OS.

Always remember to backup your registry before making changes. Microsoft has articles on how to do this.

In the registry (start, run, regedit), navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENT VERSION\WINLOGON

Create 2 new string values, maybe Company Message Caption and Company Message text, for example. Enter a caption for the window that will appear before logon (i.e. Warning or Notice) as the Company Message Caption. Enter the message you wish to relay as the value for Company Message text.

Close out of the registry and the message should appear next time the user logs on.

 

[Johnthephoneguy]

using the registry won't allow the message to be changed on the fly though, if that is what he is intending to do, ie Meeting at 10am for all employees.

JohnThePhoneGuy

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