Windows 10: Add Sign-in Message for Users in Windows 10

How to: Add Sign-in Message for Users in Windows 10

How to Add a Message at Sign-in for Users in Windows 10


In Windows, you can add a message that is displayed to users when the sign in. The message can have a title and text saying whatever you like.

The message will not display at sign-in after locking the computer.

The message will only display at sign-in at startup or after signing out.

The color of the message screen background will be the same color set by the selected user on the sign-in screen.

This tutorial will show you how to add a message displaying what you want at sign-in for all users in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to add or remove a message at sign-in.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Add or Remove Message at Sign-in in Local Security Policy
• Option Two: To Add or Remove Message at Sign-in in Registry Editor

EXAMPLE: Message (middle) at Sign-in for users









OPTION ONE [/i] To Add or Remove Message at Sign-in in Local Security Policy

*note The Local Security Policy will only be available in the Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise editions.

You can use Option Two below in any edition though.
1. Open Local Security Policy (secpol.msc).

2. Click/tap to open Local Policies and Security Options in the left pane of Local Security Policy. (see screenshot below)



3. In the right pane of Security Options, double click/tap on Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on to open its properties. (see screenshot below step 2)

4. Type the message text you want users to see, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

*note You can leave this blank if you do not want text in the message.

Leaving both Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on and Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on blank will remove the message at sign-in for users.



5. In the right pane of Security Options, double click/tap on Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on to open its properties. (see screenshot below step 2)

6. Type the message title you want users to see, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

*note You can leave this blank if you do not want a title in the message.

Leaving both Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on and Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on blank will remove the message at sign-in for users.



7. When finished, you can close Local Security Policy if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] To Add or Remove Message at Sign-in in Registry Editor
1. Press the Win+R keys to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

2. In the left pane of Registry Editor, browse to the location below. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System




3. In the right pane of System, double click/tap on the legalnoticecaption string value to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

4. Type the message title you want users to see, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

*note You can leave this blank if you do not want a title in the message.

Leaving both legalnoticecaption and legalnoticetext blank will remove the message at sign-in for users.



5. In the right pane of System, double click/tap on the legalnoticetext string value to modify it. (see screenshot below step 2)

6. Type the message text you want users to see, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

*note You can leave this blank if you do not want text in the message.

Leaving both legalnoticecaption and legalnoticetext blank will remove the message at sign-in for users.



7. When finished, you can close Registry Editor if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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Windows 10 Tweaks

As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

• Launch the Store from your Start menu.
• Click the user icon next to the search box.
• Click “Sign-in” from the menu that appears.
• Choose “Microsoft account” and log in like normal.
• When the “Make it yours” box appears do not enter your password. Instead, click “Sign in to just this app instead.”

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• To make sure that we have not missed on anything, what troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
  

We look forward to your response.

 

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• Open a new Explorer window.
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When attempting to login to my computer, I get the following message:

"The User Profile Service service failed the sign-in.

User profile cannot be loaded."

I referred to this Help article,You receive a "The User Profile Service failed the logon” error
message,

but the only difference is I only have one user profile on this computer. So, I can't login with another user to go through the steps listed in this post.

Any suggestions?

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There are several ways that you can do to switch between your 2 accounts, such as going through
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screen or through Task Manager. For us to isolate the issue, we would like to ask the following questions:

• Are you connected to a domain or managed by Windows Server?
• Have you made any recent changes to your system settings prior to this issue?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

In the meantime, we suggest that you follow these steps to switch user account:

• Click/tap on your desktop to make it the current focused (active) window, and press
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• You will now be taken to the lock screen to unlock.
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We will wait for your response.