change message in log off dialogue box?

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User files/setting changes are deleted/cleared at logoff in the lab setup I
manage w/ Windows Disk Protection, and I want to make this clear to users in
the confirm logoff dialog box. Any way to change this from the default "Are
you sure you want to log off? Yes No"?
 
Hi there K,

You can't change the text in the log off dialogue, however, what you could
do is create a desktop bitmap, and apply it to all users. If you are
concerned about someone changing their desktop on the machine, you can
prevent that through a group policy setting.

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

~Will
 
An alternate option... if you can't tell them when they log off, you
can tell them when they log on! (Ripped from
http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=security&ID=252&title=Windows XP Tweaks and TIPS,
tested on my machine, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK (ie backup your registry...
it worked for me, but I always backup whenever making changes!)).
Assuming you use Windows XP:

In situations where you need users to read a legal notice (or Terms of
Use notice) before logging on, this tweak will create the caption for
the notice.
[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersionWinlogon
Modify or create a string value of type REG_SZ named
[LegalNoticeCaption]
Type the caption you wish for the Dialog Box as the value of
LegalNoticeCaption
Modify or create a string value of type REG_SZ named [LegalNoticeText]
Type in the message you want displayed in the value of LegalNoticeText.
Exit Registry
Reboot

Voila! You now are notifying every user of the policy for using the
machine, and can include the warning that all files will be removed
from the machine upon logoff.

Hope that helps!
 
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