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Windows NT

General

1. Run Registry Editor (REGEDT32.EXE).
2. Modify the following entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:

   \software
   \Microsoft
   \Windows NT
   \CurrentVersion
   \Winlogon

3. Modify the LegalNoticeCaption (string) to create the dialog caption and enable the dialog box.
4. Modify the LegalNoticeText (string) to create the message text.
5. Exit REGEDT32.EXE.
6. Reboot.

The dialog will appear when the user presses CTRL+ALT+DEL during logon.

Add this value entry if you want to add a warning to be displayed when a user attempts to log on to a Windows NT system. The user cannot proceed with logging on without acknowledging this message (clicking on OK).

Tab completion in NT's cmd.exe shell

Go to Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor

Change the dword value CompletionChar to 09 and restart.

Now, if you're in cmd.exe, and at the c:\ prompt, you can type 'prog' and hit tab, and most likely, it will auto-complete "C:\Program Files" for you.

Taming the NumLock key

This tip controls the status of the NumLock key, before a user logs on.

Edit the Registry entry:

HKEY_Users\.DEFAULT\ControlPanel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators

If set to 0, NumLock is disabled BEFORE logging on. If it is 2, NumLock is enabled BEFORE logging on.

To control the status of NumLock after logging on, use:

HKEY_Current_User\ControlPanel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators

If set to 0, NumLock is disabled for that current user after logging on. If it is 2, NumLock is enabled and will retain the settings from the last shutdown.

In my particular install of NT, NumLock would stay off before logging on. This was quite annoying because my password contains numerals, and I have become used to using the keypad to the right rather than the one above. Thus, I would have to remember to turn NumLock on before entering my password.