Today you will see how you can make Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 display a custom message to users who attempt to log in.
If you want to surprise your friends, your family, and even if you work in a Windows environment where you have to manage hundreds of computers, then read this article. Through a simple setting in the security policy, you can display a custom message on the login screen before each user logs in.
This custom message, especially for IT professionals, could be the company's brand you work for, but for home computers it could even be the prohibitive “Do not touch”. ¨Or it could be something you want to remind users about. Use your imagination to create your own personal message.
From the moment you make the following settings, the message you send will be read compulsorily by the users, and this is because they simply will not be able to log in if they do not click the OK button on the message screen.
Let's see how you can display a custom message to users trying to sign in to Windows 10. The steps below only apply to Windows Pro and Enterprise.
1. Press the Win + R keys simultaneously and in the run window that appears, type the word secpol.msc and press the OK button. A new window will open with the Local Security Policy program.
2. Then, in the left pane of Local Security Policy, navigate here:
Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options
3. In the right pane of the window that appears (as in the photo above), look for a setting called “Interactive login: Message text for users trying to log in.” Double-click this setting to modify it, and in the window that appears, add your custom message as shown in the screenshot below.
When you write your message click the “Apply” button and then the “OK” button.
4. Similarly, set the parameter “Interactive login: Message title for users trying to log in” which you will find a little further down in the list of settings (it is located a little below the previous setting). And there add a title to the custom message. Click the Apply button and then the OK button.
Now you can log out of your account and when you try to log in next time, you will see the custom message on the screen. You will need to click the OK button after reading the message and then you can log in.
