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Win98 Initial Screen Won't Go Away

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by artcabot

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I've had to reinstall Windows 98 for a client and can't get the initial screen to go away (the one with Register, Tour, etc.). I've unchecked the "Show this screen at startup" box, but it keeps coming back. Is there a registry entry I can edit that will kill this annoying behavior?

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by dmessner

I started my registry tracker and enabled and disabled the Windows Welcome screen for Win98se.

I found that when it was disabled through the checkbox on the window the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Welcome"="C:\WINDOWS\Welcome.exe /R"

was removed from my registry and it the window did not come up again.

If you have the key above and delete it from your registry, it should resolve your issue. If it is not that simple please reply to this or email me so we can try a few other items I discovered in this process.

by dmessner

To below:

Problem with using MSConfig is that once you start using MSConfig to "disable" items permanently (not just for testing) you get quite a gathering in your registry in the Run- section. As well as causing a bit of confusion for any techs that start working on the machine after you.

It's a great testing utility to make sure it fixes you issue, but general considered bad form to use it as a solution.

by jminard

Or you can also try running msconfig in the run line and seeing if it is in startup tab.

by artcabot

I think this option would've still left the registry key, but pointing to something it couldn't find.

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