Vista: Disable Welcome Center

Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Registry Hacks, Windows Vista Tips |

Disable the annoying Welcome Center that appears in Windows Vista.

1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT. Click OK.

2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_USER
then SOFTWARE
then Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Run

3. Right-click on the WindowsWelcomeCenter key and select Delete.

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by Dean, on March 17 2008 @ 5:07 am

This action removed the welcome center for a day, but it is back this morning. I do not understand how this can be, but any help would be great. HP a1710n, A64×2 4200, 3gb ram, gforce 8500,emainder stock. This system was “optomized” by Best Buy at point of sale-big mistake! Please help.dean