Use full DNS Names and OS tags in GINA's Dropdown Dialog box
Someone on the Activedir newsgroup wanted DNS names in the logon dialog box users see rather than the NetBIOS name. I didn't initially think this was possible but the poster insisted they had seen it done before. well, 2 solutions were proffered: Jorge de Almeida Pinto came up with a custom ADM which could apply to the boxes you wanted this feature enabled on and Dean Wells provided a reg hack which did the same thing. Thought I should share both:
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Custom ADM
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; Custom ADM to change how domain names are shown in the logon box
; REMARK: these are preferences and NOT policies. As such make sure you enable viewing of preferences in the GPEditor!
CLASS MACHINE
CATEGORY "System"
CATEGORY "Net Logon"
CATEGORY "Domain Name in Logon Box"
KEYNAME "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon"
POLICY "Show Full DNS Names At Logon"
EXPLAIN "EXPLANATION: When enabled, the list of domains on the logon dialog will show the full DNS names (hierarchical) rather than the NETBIOS names (flat)."
VALUENAME "DCacheShowDnsNames"
VALUEON NUMERIC 1
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
END POLICY
POLICY "Show Additional Domain Information At Logon"
EXPLAIN "EXPLANATION: When enabled, the list of domains on the logon dialog will contain brief information about each domain after the domain name."
VALUENAME "DCacheShowDomainTags"
VALUEON NUMERIC 1
VALUEOFF NUMERIC 0
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
END CATEGORY
END CATEGORY
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Reg Hack
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"DCacheShowDomainTags"=dword:00000001
"DCacheShowDnsNames"=dword:00000001
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Both are cosmetic changes and do not change the logon process in anyway. Just interesting to know it can be done.