Strange looking window when I boot Win2000

[Paul Fenton]

On our Win2000 machine, when we boot, we get a strange window right
before Windows starts up. It's about 3-4 inches square, gray
background, a small square in to left corner where the window name
would normally be and a non-functional "X" at the top right. There's
an "OK" button at the bottom. There's no text in the window itself,
just a dark bar in the top left corner. Like a bold |.

The only way to close the window is to click OK.

I've run the latest update of McAfee Virus Checker, AdAware, Spybot
and the thing persists.

Does anyone know what it is and how to get rid of it?


Paul Fenton
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Bruce Chambers]

On our Win2000 machine, when we boot, we get a strange window right
before Windows starts up. It's about 3-4 inches square, gray
background, a small square in to left corner where the window name
would normally be and a non-functional "X" at the top right. There's
an "OK" button at the bottom. There's no text in the window itself,
just a dark bar in the top left corner. Like a bold |.

The only way to close the window is to click OK.

I've run the latest update of McAfee Virus Checker, AdAware, Spybot
and the thing persists.

Does anyone know what it is and how to get rid of it?


Paul Fenton
(e-mail address removed)

It sounds like something is trying to display the pre-login legal
notice, but there's not text.

Manually, Start > Run > Regedit.exe. Navigate to and modify as
desired, deleting any characters:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LegalNoticeCaption

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LegalNoticeText.


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[Paul Fenton]

Thank you Bruce, we'll try this.

Paul Fenton

It sounds like something is trying to display the pre-login legal
notice, but there's not text.

Manually, Start > Run > Regedit.exe. Navigate to and modify as
desired, deleting any characters:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LegalNoticeCaption

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LegalNoticeText.