Legal Notice

Introduction

Symptoms

Cause

Resolution

Properties

Additional resources

Introduction

This article provides guidance on resolving issues related to a legal notice that interrupts the logon process when accessing the target environment. It explains the cause of the issue, outlines the steps for resolution, and details the Legal Notice Capture tool to automate the process. Follow the steps below to address the issue efficiently.

Symptoms

When you start a session to the target environment the following legal notice interrupts your logon process.

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Cause

A legal notice is set by a group policy called Interactive Logon: Message text for users attempting to log on. and Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on. The target machines are affected by this policy, so you need to accept the legal message before proceeding.

Resolution

You can fix this issue using a tool called LoginVSI_Legal_Notice_Capture. 

To use it, simply enter the name (title) of the window displaying the legal notice.

Run this tool on the Launcher machine.

Additionally, the version of the Legal Notice Capture tool attached to this article includes command-line options. These allow you to automate the process of starting and configuring the Legal Notice Capture tool interactions. This version also supports executing a "Tab + Enter" action. You can find the command-line options and instructions in the included readme.

Please note that this isn't a supported feature.

Properties

Applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows 10
Microsoft Windows Server 2020
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows 11

Additional resources

For best practices, configuration, management, and security considerations related to the Interactive Logon: Message text for users attempting to log on policy, refer to the Microsoft documentation