Need to Format LegalCaptionText Regitry entry

[KB]

Management has decided to add a Legal disclaimer message to all the Windows Workstations. So IT has decided to add the message to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Winlogon\LegalCaptionText so users see the legal notice when they first login. The problem is management wants it to include tabs and paragraph separations to make the very long legal notice easier to read. How can I add tabs and new lines to the registry entry? It is only a REG_SZ and regedit won't allow you to enter a carriage return or tab. Whatever we do, it has to be easily added to hundreds of PCs. Or is there a better way to add this type of legal message? Thanks in advance.

 

[Woodie]

Win2000 GPO is much easier. Of course you have to have Win2K domain, and all Win2K workstations.

I don't know about the formatting...readability only matters the first time the user logs in. Afer that, they never read it, they just click OK. Heck, I usually hit the enter key before my monitor has even warmed up enough to display the legal stuff.

g/l