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Okay, I am trying to get the group policy to work where after logon the user gets a message prompt. I set the GP, but the message doesn't show.

I first searched and seen another post with the same issue a year ago, but not sure it was ever resolved or 100% answered. So I would like to post this question again.

I did a GPresult and see the proper policy is being enforced.

I don't know why it isn't working. Any other suggestions.

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Just to verify, you're setting the following policy, correct? Computer Configuration - Policies - Windows Settings - Security Settings - Local Policies Security Options :: Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on – pk. Apr 4 '11 at 17:54
Yes, that is the correct one, well at least the one I am editing. – jherlitz Apr 4 '11 at 19:02
@pk That policy will display a message before the user logon. There is not a pre-existing policy for displaying a message after logon. – jscott Apr 4 '11 at 19:22
okay, that should still be okay. How come I don't see the message then? – jherlitz Apr 4 '11 at 19:23
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Figured this out. I was doing everything right, HOWEVER you need to specify the Message title for user attempting to log on as well! As soon as I enabled that, it worked.

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Man, I even thought about suggesting that (since I checked our policy and that's how we had it configured), but I figured that would be a stupid design so I stayed silent. Now I know. – pk. Apr 7 '11 at 16:27
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Computer Configuration - Policies - Windows Settings - Security Settings - Local Policies Security Options :: Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on

That policy message shows up after you hit Control - Alt - Delete to start logging in. To show a message after login I would imagine you would need to include that message with your login script.

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really? That would be cool, and I would be happy with that. I just can't figure out why it isn't working. – jherlitz Apr 4 '11 at 19:25
Try rebooting the machine after running "gpupdate /force" in the command prompt – xeon Apr 4 '11 at 19:57
already tried that a few times. – jherlitz Apr 4 '11 at 19:59
The computer in an OU where the policy is enforced? You can try manually setting the computer to read or enforce the policy in GP management. – xeon Apr 4 '11 at 20:09
The domain policy might be overwriting your set policy BTW. Might want to check do not inherit. – xeon Apr 4 '11 at 20:16
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