Windows Logon Notifier has been created with users of unsupported editions, and users who prefer a direct way of editing the Windows Logon Notifier, in mind.

The portable program displays all necessary parameters after it has been started.

To be precise, if gives the user the opportunity to configure a notification title and text. Both the title and text can be edited by simply clicking into the relevant fields.

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A click on Add Message sets the message as the new login notification, which will be displayed to all users who log onto the system.

Notifications can be removed again with the Remove Message button in the program interface.

Windows Logon Notifier is a lightweight program for Windows 7. The developer mentions that it may work under Vista as well, but that is has not been tested.

Download is provided at the Windows Club website.

Everton from Connected Internet asked if there was a way to run Winrar without the prompt “an unidentified program wants access to your computer”. Imagine having to run programs such as Winrar several times a day, always having to allow it to be run on your computer.

There is no obvious way to always allow the application which means that you basically have two choices:

You can disable the User Account Control function completely which disables the complete security feature in Windows Vista. This has the advantage that you will not get prompted if you want to run or install programs that require admin privileges.

The second option would be to change the behavior in the Local Security Settings Microsoft Management Console. I will explain how to do both and start with the easier but more radical one: Disabling the User Account Control feature in Windows Vista.

Disabling User Account Control:

• Press Windows + R, enter msconfig and hit enter.
• Select the Tools tab
• Find Disable UAC / Disable UAP
• Click on Launch
• Restart the Computer

As I said earlier this is a very radical way. If you have the choice use the second method instead which leaves User Account Control enabled and tinkers just a bit with some settings of it.

Customizing User Account Control:

• Press Windows + R, enter secpol.msc and hit enter
• Click on Security Settings
• Local Policies
• Security Options
• double-click User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval Mode
• choose Elevate without prompting
• click ok

This setting becomes immediately active. I suggest you try if it is working by launching a program that prompted for allowance before. It should now start without asking you for it.