How to Display Domain Logon Confirmation in Windows (150898)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q150898
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SUMMARY

This article describes how to cause Windows to display a dialog box that lists the server that validates a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium (Me) client logging on to a Microsoft Windows NT or LAN Manager domain. This information may be helpful when you are troubleshooting network problems.

MORE INFORMATION

You can edit the registry using System Policy Editor (Poledit.exe) or Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Check with your network administrator before you make any changes to the registry.

Use System Policy Editor or Registry Editor to display a dialog box that lists the name of the validating domain controller.

Using System Policy Editor (Recommended)

System Policy Editor (Poledit.exe) is available in the Admin\Apptools\ Poledit folder on the Windows 95 CD-ROM. Use the Add/Remove Programs tool in Control Panel to install System Policy Editor.

NOTE: System Policy Editor is not included in the floppy disk version of Windows 95. You can download Policy.exe, a self-extracting executable file containing Poledit.exe, from online services. Please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for information about downloading Policy.exe:

ARTICLE-ID: 135315
TITLE : CD-ROM Extras for Microsoft Windows 95 Upgrade

NOTE: Windows Millennium Edition (Me) does not include the System Policy Editor tool (Poledit.exe). In addition, the System Policy Editor tool that was included in Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows 98 is not supported in Windows Me. Please view the "Using Registry Editor" section below to configure Windows Me to display the Logon Confirmation dialog box.

In Windows 98, System Policy Editor is available in the Tools\Reskit\Netadmin\Poledit folder on the Windows 98 CD-ROM.

Use the following steps to edit the registry with System Policy Editor:
  1. Click Start, and then click Run.
  2. In the Open box, type "poledit" (without quotation marks), and then click OK.
  3. On the File menu, click Open Registry, and then double-click Local Computer.
  4. Double-click Network, and then double-click Microsoft Client For Windows Networks.
  5. Click the Log On To Windows NT check box to select it.
  6. In the "Settings for Log on to Windows NT" section, click the Display Domain Logon Confirmation check box to select it, and then click OK.
  7. Save the changes to the registry, quit System Policy Editor, and then shut down and restart Windows 95/98.

Using Registry Editor

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.


Use Registry Editor to add a DWORD value named "DomainLogonMessage" (without quotation marks) to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon



Set the data value for DomainLogonMessage to 1.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:12/16/2004
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