Re: Rem Desktop conflict with Interactive Logon Message

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 05/07/04

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    anonymous wrote:
    > Make sure we are taling about the same thing. There are
    > several aspects of "Interactive Logon". The one causing
    > the problem is "Message text for users". This displays a
    > not normally seen welcome message in a messagebox with an
    > OK button at the bottom of the window. After
    > acknowledging the message (perhaps a disclaimer or
    > warning to users about using Kaza or such) by pressing OK
    > button, the user can type/select user name and type
    > password. I think the problem is that the "Message text
    > for users" window is not sent to the RD client. Again,
    > having my client laptop plugged directly into my server
    > PC the client initiates remote connection, but sees
    > completely BLACK until OK is pressed on the server at
    > which time the client is able to log in.

    Yes - I believe we are talking about the same thing.

    It is used, at least in my experience, for a legal message displayed to
    users before logon. Warning them of the rules and regulations governing the
    use of said computer.

    When a user sits in front of a freshly turned on/logged off PC, they press
    CTRL+ALT+DEL and the first thing they see is the message where they have to
    press OK to continue to log on - before they get the username/password
    prompt.

    In GPO terms it is Interactive Logon:Message text for users attempting to
    log on. There is also one to define the title of this window, but for the
    case we are talking about, I would think that to be unimportant.

    I set this on a few thousand machines for various reasons with a few
    different messages.

    And again - as I said before - in my experience and testing - I had no
    problem. No black screen, etc. It displayed the text, I clicked ok and
    logged on (remotely or sitting in front of the system, did not matter.) I
    have seen, in the past, it take a few extra seconds (up to maybe 30
    seconds), but the connection to the remote machine from just about anywhere
    is mainly limited in my case by the speed of the clients, not the PCs. In
    the cases I deal with, 100Mbit with dual OC-3 connections to the Internet
    provide plenty of speed for the client, depending on what they can connect
    at. I have noticed at dial-up and lower DSL/Cable modem speed that there is
    a little delay on the initial display, but I expected this.

    To further clarify I am speaking of the following:

    To establish a logon message:
    1. Open the Active Directory Users and Computers console, and navigate to
    the Group Policy console.
    2. In the Group Policy window, which is focused on the Default Domain
    Policy, expand Computer Configuration, then Windows Settings, navigate to
    Security Settings, then to Local Policies, and select Security Options.
    3. In the results pane, double-click Message text for users attempting to
    log on.
    4. Select the Define this policy setting check box.
    5. Type a message that you want a user to see when he or she logs on to any
    computer in the domain. In this example, type: Welcome to the
    microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely Newsgroup and click OK. The setting
    should be updated in the results pane.
    6. Close the Group Policy window.
    7. Close the domain Properties page.
    8. Close the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.

    And is also described, along with a link to the "title" settings at the
    bottom, here:
    http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/577.asp

    Is that what you were talking about?
    (It can be set locally on individual machines as well.. If not in a domain
    environment - location is similar in the local security policies.) 

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