anonymous said:
Make sure we are taling about the same thing. There are
several aspects of "Interactive Logon". The one causing
the problem is "Message text for users". This displays a
not normally seen welcome message in a messagebox with an
OK button at the bottom of the window. After
acknowledging the message (perhaps a disclaimer or
warning to users about using Kaza or such) by pressing OK
button, the user can type/select user name and type
password. I think the problem is that the "Message text
for users" window is not sent to the RD client. Again,
having my client laptop plugged directly into my server
PC the client initiates remote connection, but sees
completely BLACK until OK is pressed on the server at
which time the client is able to log in.
Yes - I believe we are talking about the same thing.
It is used, at least in my experience, for a legal message displayed to
users before logon. Warning them of the rules and regulations governing the
use of said computer.
When a user sits in front of a freshly turned on/logged off PC, they press
CTRL+ALT+DEL and the first thing they see is the message where they have to
press OK to continue to log on - before they get the username/password
prompt.
In GPO terms it is Interactive Logon:Message text for users attempting to
log on. There is also one to define the title of this window, but for the
case we are talking about, I would think that to be unimportant.
I set this on a few thousand machines for various reasons with a few
different messages.
And again - as I said before - in my experience and testing - I had no
problem. No black screen, etc. It displayed the text, I clicked ok and
logged on (remotely or sitting in front of the system, did not matter.) I
have seen, in the past, it take a few extra seconds (up to maybe 30
seconds), but the connection to the remote machine from just about anywhere
is mainly limited in my case by the speed of the clients, not the PCs. In
the cases I deal with, 100Mbit with dual OC-3 connections to the Internet
provide plenty of speed for the client, depending on what they can connect
at. I have noticed at dial-up and lower DSL/Cable modem speed that there is
a little delay on the initial display, but I expected this.
To further clarify I am speaking of the following:
To establish a logon message:
1. Open the Active Directory Users and Computers console, and navigate to
the Group Policy console.
2. In the Group Policy window, which is focused on the Default Domain
Policy, expand Computer Configuration, then Windows Settings, navigate to
Security Settings, then to Local Policies, and select Security Options.
3. In the results pane, double-click Message text for users attempting to
log on.
4. Select the Define this policy setting check box.
5. Type a message that you want a user to see when he or she logs on to any
computer in the domain. In this example, type: Welcome to the
microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely Newsgroup and click OK. The setting
should be updated in the results pane.
6. Close the Group Policy window.
7. Close the domain Properties page.
8. Close the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
And is also described, along with a link to the "title" settings at the
bottom, here:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/WindowsServ/2003/standard/proddocs/en-us/577.asp
Is that what you were talking about?
(It can be set locally on individual machines as well.. If not in a domain
environment - location is similar in the local security policies.)
