Originally posted here by valhallen
could you not create your txt file and then put a registry key in 'run once' so it loads up first time they start PC but then doesn't load again?
v_Ln
I already thought of this and then discarded it because a .txt cannot execute.
So when you said this, I thought of replying how it won't work, BUT only after I tried it myself.

So I'm creating this test.txt file and putting it in a REG_SZ value under RunOnce, with the parameters pointing to c:\test.txt. During this time I get the idea... HEY, the .txt is already associated with the notepad program...hmmm... I wonder..??

So I reboot and..... the big finale...!!

The logon hangs...!


I'm just about ready to abort logon (30 seconds of nothingness), but instead low and behold...

The desktop appears sporting the text file all opened up ready for reading. She's alive!!
(plus the registry entry is gone too).


So... could someone pass me the ketchup ...this crow is a bit chewy...