Legal notice (Windows)

Module: Login Parameters

Supported Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP

This check verifies that a user defined legal access notice is displayed before users log on to the system. The notice provides legal protection against unauthorized users. If a notice is defined, it will be displayed in the ESM report.

The following table lists the error messages for the check.

Table: Error messages for Legal notice

Message String ID and Category

Platform and Message Numeric ID

Message Title and Description

Additional Information

String ID: ESM_LEGALMESSAGE

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (105239)

  • Windows 2003 (205239)

  • Windows 2008 (248239)

  • Windows Vista (228239)

  • Windows XP (200239)

Title: Legal message displayed

Description:This is the legal warning displayed to users before they log on.

Severity: green-0

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]

String ID: ESM_NOLEGALMESSAGE

Category: Policy Compliance

  • Windows 2000 (105240)

  • Windows 2003 (205240)

  • Windows 2008 (248240)

  • Windows Vista (228240)

  • Windows XP (200240)

Title: No legal notice defined

Description:Your system does not display a legal access notice before users log on. Legal notices increase the legal liability of unauthorized users who access the system. To display a legal notice you must define a title and message text by editing the Windows registry keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LegalNoticeCaption and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\LegalNoticeText.

Severity: yellow-1

Correctable: false

Snapshot Updatable: false

Template Updatable: false

Information Field Format: [%s]