Heads-Up Display Acacia Avenue LLC

Heads-Up Display (HUD) is a lightweight, always-on classification banner designed to provide a persistent visual indicator of the current system classification state on Windows. This tool ensures users remain constantly aware of the sensitivity level of the data they handle, making it particularly useful in government, defense, and enterprise environments.

Key Features:

• Always-On Display: Anchored to the taskbar for uninterrupted visibility, surviving window redraws, resolution changes, and multi-monitor configurations.
• Customizable Settings: Configure banner text across five zones and choose colors via a simple settings dialog without registry editing.
• No Elevation Required: Installs per-user with no administrator rights needed, ensuring ease of use.
• Completely Local Configuration: Stores settings locally with no telemetry or personal data collection.
• Native Performance: Built with pure Win32 C++, offering the same core performance as HUD Enterprise without any managed dependencies.

Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for individual users in government, defense, and enterprise environments who need persistent classification awareness without relying on enterprise infrastructure. HUD Personal empowers users to maintain data security effortlessly, ensuring compliance and awareness with minimal setup.

Installable via winget, HUD Personal is free for personal and evaluation use, offering a straightforward solution for those seeking always-on classification banners without complexity.