Hello jl,
Thank you for posting question on Microsoft Windows forum!
Based on your issue description, you can try the following potential troubleshooting steps to resolve the problem with the GPO interactive login display text not taking effect.
- Verify Policy Location:
- The setting Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on is a Computer Configuration policy (not User Configuration).
- Path: Computer Configuration → Policies → Windows Settings → Security Settings → Local Policies → Security Options
- Check GPO Scope & Filtering:
- Security Filtering: Ensure the target computer objects (not users) have:
- Read and Apply Group Policy permissions on the GPO.
- If using a group, add the computer accounts (or a group containing them) to Security Filtering.
- WMI Filtering: Confirm no restrictive WMI filters block application.
- Link Location: Link the GPO to the OU containing the target computers (e.g., Servers OU, not Users).
- Policy Conflicts & Precedence:
- Run gpresult /r on the target server:
- Check if your GPO appears under Applied Group Policy Objects.
- Look for conflicting policies (e.g., Default Domain Policy) overriding your setting.
- In Group Policy Management:
- Ensure your GPO has higher precedence (lower link order number) than policies setting the same value.
- Title + Text Requirement:
- Both policies must be configured together:
- Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting to log on
- Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on
- If either is undefined, the message won’t display.
- Policy Processing:
- Check event logs after reboot:
- Event Viewer → Applications and Services Logs\Microsoft\Windows\GroupPolicy\Operational (Look for event IDs 5312/8004 indicating successful policy apply).
- Test with Defaults:
- Temporarily disable other GPOs to isolate conflict.
- Create a new test GPO with only the logon message configured and linked to a test OU.
Hope the above information is helpful!