How to add a dialog to Windows Server 2003 startup?

[Guest eaguilar]

Hi,

 

Does anybody know how I can add a dialog box to Windows Server 2003, to be

displayed when users access a particular servers or group of servers? For

example, this dialog would display legal info or server usage privacy

policies, etc, before the user even gets the default log on dialogs...

 

Also, on the same idea, where would a particular server store this info, if

it already had this dialog working? I have access to a group of servers that

have this feature, but I cannot find where this info is stored or where it

can be configured...

 

Thanks lot in advance,

 

</edwin>

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: How to add a dialog to Windows Server 2003 startup?

 

eaguilar <eaguilar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> Does anybody know how I can add a dialog box to Windows Server 2003,

> to be displayed when users access a particular servers or group of

> servers? For example, this dialog would display legal info or server

> usage privacy policies, etc, before the user even gets the default

> log on dialogs...

>

> Also, on the same idea, where would a particular server store this

> info, if it already had this dialog working? I have access to a group

> of servers that have this feature, but I cannot find where this info

> is stored or where it can be configured...

>

> Thanks lot in advance,

>

> </edwin>

 

This is done via policies.

 

Is this for console logins at the servers themselves? If you have a domain

it's very easy to set up a policy for the OU containing your servers, which

specifies a logon banner - all users must click on before proceeding with a

console login. Or you could set it up on *each* server in its local policy,

but this is a pain.

 

If it's for network access, the above won't apply. Users aren't logging into

the servers. However, if you have a domain, set up a logon banner for use

when your users log onto the domain itself.

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: How to add a dialog to Windows Server 2003 startup?

 

Hello eaguilar,

 

You can configure this either on domain level or on OU level where the machines

are located.

 

 

How to Create an Authorized Page Warning

1. On the Administrative Tools menu, click Active Directory Users and Computers.

 

2. Expand your domain, right-click the organizational unit to which you want

to add the authorized page warning, and then click Properties.

3. Click the Group Policy tab.

4. If there is an existing Group Policy object (GPO), click that object,

and then click Edit. If there are no GPOs for the organizational unit, click

New, type the name of the new GPO, and then click Edit.

5. Expand the Computer Configuration node, the Windows Settings node, the

Security Settings node, and the Local Policies node.

6. Click the Security Options node.

7. In the right pane in the console, double-click the Message title for users

who attempt to log on entry.

8. Select the Define this policy setting check box. Type the text that you

want to appear on the title bar of the Authorized Page Warning dialog box,

and then click OK.

9. Double-click the Message text for users who attempt to log on entry.

10. Select the Define this policy setting check box. Type the text that you

want to appear in the body of the Authorized Page Warning dialog box, and

then click OK.

11. Close the Group Policy window, the OU Properties dialog box, and the

Active Directory Users and Computers console.

12. Run gpupdate /force (XP and higher) from command prompt on the machines

or secedit /refreshpolicy MACHINE_POLICY (windows 2000)

 

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Hi,

>

> Does anybody know how I can add a dialog box to Windows Server 2003,

> to be displayed when users access a particular servers or group of

> servers? For example, this dialog would display legal info or server

> usage privacy policies, etc, before the user even gets the default log

> on dialogs...

>

> Also, on the same idea, where would a particular server store this

> info, if it already had this dialog working? I have access to a group

> of servers that have this feature, but I cannot find where this info

> is stored or where it can be configured...

>

> Thanks lot in advance,

>

> </edwin>

>