How to Customize the Windows XP Startup Message
- 1). Turn on your computer. When it has booted, click on the "Start" menu.
- 2). Select "Run" from the Start menu. Type "regedit.exe" in the text box, and then click on the "OK" button. A new window featuring yellow file folders displayed in a tree format should appear.
- 3). Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/WindowsXP/CurrentVersion/Logon. "Keys" are the items visually represented as folders.
- 4). Choose the key "legalnoticecaption" and edit it. This name should be whatever you want to call the window in which your new XP startup message displays.
- 5). Choose the key "legalnoticetext" and edit it to reflect whatever you would like your Windows XP startup message to say.
- 6). Exit and save all changes.
- 7). Reboot your system to check that your new Windows XP startup message is displaying as intended. If it is not, or if you wish to change or tweak your message, repeat the process as often as you like.
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