Alternative to Windows Credential Provider

Question

I'm not interested in replacing the window login. I want to display a message to the user after they have successfully logged in. But I want to force them to hit the OK button before they can continue using the system. Users in the past have claimed to not have seen the message. Therefore, I want to force user interaction or "confirmation".

Answer 1

There is no out of the box solution for this. And there is no easy way to fully enforce user confirmation prior to using the system. Some problems are:

1. Your program might not be set on autostart (or be removed from autostart by the user)
2. The user might always hit ctrl-alt-del to bring up the task manager (and perhaps even kill your application).
3. Your software might be loaded after some other software has been loaded already.

If it's for a system with limited access for the user (for instance a public terminal) and if you can also configure windows properly to work with your software, you could get around these problems eventually, but for end user systems I don't think you can.

Answer 2

There is a way to show some text (typically Legal Notice) before user logs on. This can be pushed by group policy (described here). Perhaps you can (mis)use it for your purpose.