Customize Vista Logon screen

[Farley]

Hi,
Using windows vista on my laptop and the text on the bottom of my log on screen is "Windows Vista Home Basic". I wanna display atext message at logon screen . is there any way to do it? Could it be a registry edit? Thanks in advance.

[WindowsGeek]

With the help of this tutorial you can display a Message Title and Text of your choice. This message will be displayed on a screen which will appear before the logon screen in Windows Vista.

• Click on the Start button, type regedit and hit Enter
  
  
• Click Continue to bypass the UAC
  
  
• In Registry Editor, navigate to

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

• Move into the right pane, double click on legalnoticecaption and click Modify
  
  
• In the Value data field, type a Title of your choice say "Its my logon screen" and hit Enter.
  
  
• To give a text, double-click on legalnoticetext given right below and click Modify again.
  
  
• In the Value data field, type a text of your choice say "careful ! Vista world ahead" and press Enter.
  
  
• Exit Registry Editor and Log off to see the changes.

[Raiz]

Here are few threads about Vista you'll find it useful :
Find a classic login screen in Vista
How to give the classic look of XP to Vista

[Jackie]

With the help of this tutorial you can display a Message Title and Text of your choice. This message will be displayed on a screen which will appear before the logon screen in Windows Vista.

• Click on the Start button, type regedit and hit Enter
  
  
• Click Continue to bypass the UAC
  
  
• In Registry Editor, navigate to
  
  
• Move into the right pane, double click on legalnoticecaption and click Modify
  
  
• In the Value data field, type a Title of your choice say "Its my logon screen" and hit Enter.
  
  
• To give a text, double-click on legalnoticetext given right below and click Modify again.
  
  
• In the Value data field, type a text of your choice say "careful ! Vista world ahead" and press Enter.
  
  
• Exit Registry Editor and Log off to see the changes.

Simpler method:

• Start -> All Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy.
  
  
• Expand Local Policies then Security options.
  
  
• In the details pane double click Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on.
  
  
• Type in the message you want to appear.