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Disable Getting Started Dialog on NT

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by cerrnunann 1 view

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I got the tech tip in email to disable the Getting Started dialog on Win 2000 for new users, but I would like to do this on the NT systems I have but it does not work with the instructions for the 2000 systems. How do I do this?

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by bmesser

You have a couple of options here:

1. The easiest way is to rename the %SystemRoot%\welcome.exe file

or

2. You can edit the default profile for new users to do this:

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

Add Key name Tips (with a blank Class).

Add Value name DisplayInitialTipWindow as a type REG_DWORD and set it to 0.

Add Value name Show as a type REG_DWORD and set it to 0

Hope this helps!
Bret

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