Windows 7 Welcome Screen Domain

[dubsdj]

Hi, I am currently integrating windows 7 PC's onto our 2003 domain (soon to be 2008)

After a few scripts and loopbacks I'm more or less good except for one thing that I can't figure out.

When I deploy Software via group policy to XP machines it has a helpful message during the start up process of the PC which says "Applying Software Installation settings" so then I know why the PC is taking so long to start up.

But with Windows 7 it just says "Please wait"...... so while its deploying Photoshop the user is just thinking to themselves "Blimey this PC is running like s!##t ..

Is there anyway to have the classic startup interface?

Thanks

[homeskillet]

Open up Group Policy Management Console, drill down to the path listed under "Setting Path" and look for:

Verbose vs normal status messages

Setting Path:

Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System

Explanation

Directs the system to display highly detailed status messages.

If you enable this setting, the system displays status messages that reflect each step in the process of starting, shutting down, logging on, or logging off the system.

This setting is designed for sophisticated users that require this information.

Note: This setting is ignored if the "Remove Boot / Shutdown / Logon / Logoff status messages" setting is enabled.

This tells the user EVERYTHING that is being processed before CTRL-ALT-DEL. Much more than the "classic" interface but the closest I've found to mimicing what XP did.

Homeskillet