Gservo
30th January 2003, 06:40 PM
(contributed by David Chernicoff, david@winnetmag.com)
A reader recently asked me whether a way exists to customize the message that Windows Messenger displays on startup, so that corporate users don't receive the warning about giving out their credit card information. The answer is yes--you can easily make this fix in the registry by taking the following steps:
1. Launch regedit.
2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MessengerSer vice\Policies.
3. Add a value of type REG_SZ and name it IMWarning.
4. Set the data value of IMWarning to the message you want to appear.
5. Click OK and exit the registry editor.
6. Reboot the computer for the change to take effect.
A reader recently asked me whether a way exists to customize the message that Windows Messenger displays on startup, so that corporate users don't receive the warning about giving out their credit card information. The answer is yes--you can easily make this fix in the registry by taking the following steps:
1. Launch regedit.
2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MessengerSer vice\Policies.
3. Add a value of type REG_SZ and name it IMWarning.
4. Set the data value of IMWarning to the message you want to appear.
5. Click OK and exit the registry editor.
6. Reboot the computer for the change to take effect.