Interactive Logon: Message text for users attempting to log on

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Darren King

Dear All,

I am having an issue with the above GPO. I am trying to display a message
which would have more impact if it were displayed with structure, line
spaces etc - I would like it displayed as such:

Last Year utility costs increased by more than £181000

- Switch off lights that are not needed (Make maximum use of daylight)
- Switch off computers/monitors when you go home
- Report dripping taps & water leaks to the ISS Help Desk (8579)
- If your work area is too hot turn down the thermostat

1. Lighting an empty office overnight wastes enough energy to make 1000 cups
of coffee
2. A computer monitor left on overnight wastes enough energy to laser print
800 sheets of paper
3. Save water save money
4. Turn heating down by 1 degree centrigrade and save 10% off your heating
bill

As you can see, above it is formatted with numbers, line spaces etc. But
when I apply the GPO it is appearing to users as one long paragraph which is
difficult to read and also random characters (quotes etc) are included so it
won't have impact on the users and they are unlikely to read the message.

Does anyone know how I can get this message to display as it is structured
above? Are there any special commands that need to be entered into the GPO
message window to perform line spaces etc?

Thank you in advance for your assistance,

Darren King
 
I am having an issue with the above GPO. I am trying to display a message
which would have more impact if it were displayed with structure, line
spaces etc - I would like it displayed as such: [snip]
Does anyone know how I can get this message to display as it is structured
above? Are there any special commands that need to be entered into the GPO
message window to perform line spaces etc?
Click to expand...

Difficult. You need to get CR (carriage return) control characters into
the registry key; the only way I know how to do that is to prepare a
..REG file with a suitable text editor.

Alternatively, you could write a VBS/HTML machine startup script and go
nuts with colours, fonts, formatting. However, IMHO the better method of
disseminating such messages is by circular, news letter, staff meeting.
 
Setting the default web browser to an announcments type web site is another
alternative.

--
/kj
Michael Bednarek said:
I am having an issue with the above GPO. I am trying to display a message
which would have more impact if it were displayed with structure, line
spaces etc - I would like it displayed as such: [snip]
Does anyone know how I can get this message to display as it is structured
above? Are there any special commands that need to be entered into the
GPO
message window to perform line spaces etc?
Click to expand...

Difficult. You need to get CR (carriage return) control characters into
the registry key; the only way I know how to do that is to prepare a
.REG file with a suitable text editor.

Alternatively, you could write a VBS/HTML machine startup script and go
nuts with colours, fonts, formatting. However, IMHO the better method of
disseminating such messages is by circular, news letter, staff meeting.
Click to expand...
 
Darren,

You can cut and copy the line between the asterisks and save it as
filename.vbs.
Deploy the vbs through Logon Script.
********************************************************************************************
MsgBox "- Switch off lights that are not needed (Make maximum use of
daylight)"+Chr(13)+"- Switch off computers/monitors when you go
home"+Chr(13)+"- Report dripping taps & water leaks to the ISS Help
Desk (8579)"+Chr(13)+"- If your work area is too hot turn down the
thermostat"+Chr(13)+"1. Lighting an empty office overnight wastes
enough energy to make 1000 cups of coffee"+Chr(13)+"2. A computer
monitor left on overnight wastes enough energy to laser print 800
sheets of paper"+Chr(13)+"3. Save water save money"+Chr(13)+"4. Turn
heating down by 1 degree centrigrade and save 10% off your heating bill
",0,"Last Year utility costs increased by more than £181000"
************************************************************************************************

I think , it will solve your problem.

Raghuramji C
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Setting the default web browser to an announcments type web site is another
alternative.

--
/kj
Michael Bednarek said:
I am having an issue with the above GPO. I am trying to display a message
which would have more impact if it were displayed with structure, line
spaces etc - I would like it displayed as such: [snip]
Does anyone know how I can get this message to display as it is structured
above? Are there any special commands that need to be entered into the
GPO
message window to perform line spaces etc?
Click to expand...

Difficult. You need to get CR (carriage return) control characters into
the registry key; the only way I know how to do that is to prepare a
.REG file with a suitable text editor.

Alternatively, you could write a VBS/HTML machine startup script and go
nuts with colours, fonts, formatting. However, IMHO the better method of
disseminating such messages is by circular, news letter, staff meeting.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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