Acceptable Use Policy splash page for windows 7 ?

[bandgeekmafia78]

Hi.

 

I'm looking to rollout Windows 7 during the Summer so I'm currently getting to grips with creating new Group Policies. On our existing XP computers we used a registry key to display an AUP which had to be accepted before the User was able to log on to the computer. However, in Windows 7 this doesn't seem to work very well at all.

 

I was wondering if anyone had a good solution for this apart from telling me to leave it out?

 

Thanks!

[internetuser]

How does it not work very well ?

 

Ours shows once they hit Ctrl, Alt, Delete then they click OK to accept it and go to the log on screen

[bandgeekmafia78]

It works here too BUT the text is really out of shape. It used to be justified but now its all over the show.

 

Do you have your AUP as a reg key too?

[AngryTechnician]

At a guess, it sounds to me like your reg key has had a load of spaces put in to emulate line breaks, and now with the wider text area the line breaks aren't right.

 

Am I in the right ballpark?

[internetuser]

No reg key here just worked. Looks fine to us

[bandgeekmafia78]

At a guess, it sounds to me like your reg key has had a load of spaces put in to emulate line breaks, and now with the wider text area the line breaks aren't right.

 

Am I in the right ballpark?

 

That sounds plausible. I'm blaming my predecessor!

[bandgeekmafia78]

internetuser - how do you add your AUP if it isn't via a reg key?

[AngryTechnician]

There's a group policy for it.

 

Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options

 

Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on

Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on

[bandgeekmafia78]

Awesome. I'll give this a try. Thanks for your help/suggestions it is much appreciated!

[cneilson6]

We use AUP Informant Paul Beesley / AUP Informant 2 Out Now simple easy to setup and use. Works really well too.

[BJG]

We use AUP Informant Paul Beesley / AUP Informant 2 Out Now simple easy to setup and use. Works really well too.

 

Do you know where I can get hold of this or something similar...? It dominates the search results on the forum but the link hasn't worked for months.

Edited May 22, 2012 by BJG

[cneilson6]

Index of /files/aupinformant/2.0.2

[BJG]

Excellent, thanks...

[BJG]

This is great. Do you also use it to display general notices...?

[cneilson6]

We don't at present though we have considered it in the past as it is fully possible.