Can a Security Banner / Disclaimer be displayed when the system boots?

We have a number of OS 9.x Macs in the company and we have now been requested to display a security banner on every PC/Mac (basically along the lines of "...to continue using this computer, you must abide by the rules laid down in the company's security policy. Click OK to continue..."
Is there a method of displaying such a message while the computer's starting up - perhaps some utility is available for such a task?
Even a message displayed on the screen, which the user has to click to remove, would be useful...
Any information would be appreciated.

Mark,
Excellent news. It'll work fine on OSX PPC Macs too. On these the startup folder is in /Library/StartupItems.
There's also a folder in /System/Library/StartupItems but this really is just for OS purposes, so don't use it.
I'm unsure as to whether it works on Intel Macs. In general it should, but the "with icon 2" bit refers to a resource number, which might be non-existent on Intel.
As for jazzing it up, for three lines, this is as good as it gets. If you want more, corporate logos, paragraphs of text that no-one ever reads, then we're going to need a bigger script. And it would almost definitely require some prep work on each Mac that would display the dialog box, putting the graphic in place and probably the text of the message too. Bigger fonts might be a bit more difficult without also some tweaking of each Mac.
There's an Applescript forum here http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=724 , I'm sure if you asked there on how to develop the script they'd help. Of all the forums I use here, I find the AppleScript forum users the most knowledgeable.
If you get some good tips, post back here to let us know how you get on.

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