W2K displays the Getting Started dialog box when you first logon. There are three options available:
Register Now that runs the Windows 2000 Registration Wizard
Discover Windows that runs a multimedia introduction to W2K features
Connect to the Internet that runs the Internet Connection Wizard.
Most of us turn it off immediately by clearing the Show this screen at startup check box on the Getting Started with Windows 2000 screen. . This turns it our in your profile. Each new user of a W2K workstation will be presented the Getting Started dialog box. As an administrator, if you want to stop the option from being presented to each new person logging onto a workstation, you will need to turn the option off in the Default User profile which is used to create the profile used by each new user of the workstation. To edit the Default User's registry
start regedt32
click the HK_Local_Machine window
choose Registry
load Hive
browse to and select \Documents and Settings\Default User\Ntuser.dat
when prompted for a key name, enter any name you wish but I used defaultuser
expand the loaded hive and make the following registry change:
You can test the hack by logging onto the workstation with as a new user. If it worked, you will not get the Getting Started dialog box. If you need to get to the Getting Started dialog box for any profile, it can be started from the Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools.
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