Re: Interactive logon banner message

I tried this out myself and tried modiying the registry key on the domain
controller, and I got the same results..bunch of spaces and foreign
characters or blank spaces. Thanks for your help though.

"Arek Iskra [MVP]" wrote:

> I tried that myself. It does not seem to work as expected. What I did is to
> enter the text message in normal mode (double-click the value and type).
> Then, right-click and select "Modify binary". However, when I try to replace
> the space character with the string provided in article, I see that the
> single space character is being replaced by bunch of squares (and the rest
> of the text is missing as well).
>
> --
> Arek Iskra
> MVP for Windows Server - Software Distribution
>
>
> "Arek Iskra [MVP]" <NoSpam_arek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%239TcEMtNFHA.2144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thanks for the link! Interesting...
> >
> > When you edited the key, have you right-clicked and selected the "Modify
> > binary" option?
> >
> > --
> > Arek Iskra
> > MVP for Windows Server - Software Distribution
> >
> >
> > "kris" <kris@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:554BFBF9-0498-4636-8EE4-DDF16479DAFE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>I found this online:
> >> http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2000/AdminTips/Miscellaneous/LogonBanner-DisplayingWarningMessage.html
> >>
> >> Based on that, I think there's a way of formatting the text message. I
> >> followed the directions from above, but don't know if I did this
> >> correctly...however, it just printed out the '0D00' in the text message.
> >>
> >> Maybe you could validate this. Thanks so much.
> >>
> >> "Arek Iskra [MVP]" wrote:
> >>
> >>> Unfortunately, works the same way (no paragraphs). Just tested.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Arek Iskra
> >>> MVP for Windows Server - Software Distribution
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "kris" <kris@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>> news:EF3BD756-9211-4FC0-B2E8-144FB8C080D0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> > Can this be done on windows 20003 server?
> >>> >
> >>> > "Dmitry Korolyov [MVP]" wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> I am afraid no, at least not on Windows 2000.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
> >>> >> Dmitry Korolyov [d__k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>> >> MVP: Windows Server - Directory Services
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> "kris" <kris@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>> >> news:0E0384D5-A82A-4845-B83C-D04FB4285880@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> >> >I am running w2k server and I need to format the Logon banner
> >>> >> >message on
> >>> >> >the
> >>> >> > domain group policy so that it looks like 3 different paragraphs
> >>> >> > versus
> >>> >> > 1
> >>> >> > big
> >>> >> > one. Is there a way to add a carriage return so I can format the
> >>> >> > message
> >>> >> > the
> >>> >> > way I want it to look?
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
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