http://blogs.msdn.com/jamesfi/archive/tags/Welcome+Center/default.aspxTags: Welcome Centeren-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/jamesfi/archive/2007/01/24/how-to-get-rid-of-that-pesky-windows-welcome-center-at-first-boot.aspxThu, 25 Jan 2007 10:13:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1526607jamesfinnigan1http://blogs.msdn.com/jamesfi/comments/1526607.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/jamesfi/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1526607http://blogs.msdn.com/jamesfi/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1526607<P>While reading&nbsp;blog comments about Welcome Center, I&nbsp;came across <A title=this&amp;nbsp;entry href="http://www.msblog.org/2007/01/21/how-to-get-rid-of-that-pesky-windows-welcome-center-at-first-boot/" mce_href="http://www.msblog.org/2007/01/21/how-to-get-rid-of-that-pesky-windows-welcome-center-at-first-boot/">this&nbsp;entry</A> on how to remove welcome center at first boot.</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>...</P> <P>With a simple .reg file though, you can kill Windows Welcome Center dead on first boot — simply put the following into your .reg file and save it, run it, or add it to your scripts:</P> <P><CODE>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]<BR>"WindowsWelcomeCenter"=- </CODE></P> <P>...</P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>That <EM>will</EM> do it.&nbsp; But if you run this command instead, you can avoid creating a file and the elevation prompt.</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P><CODE>reg delete HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v WindowsWelcomeCenter /f</CODE></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Oh, and sorry about waiting until the second time you see it before displaying the checkbox - that wasn't my idea.&nbsp; (Welcome Center was a feature with a lot of <A href="http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/02/windows-vista-welcome-center.html" mce_href="http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/02/windows-vista-welcome-center.html">input</A>.)</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1526607" width="1" height="1">VistaTipsWelcome Center