How to Manage Windows Tips at Startup (174841)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q174841
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry.
Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it
if a problem occurs. For information on how to do this, view the Restoring
the Registry online Help topic in Regedit.exe or the Restoring a Registry
Key online Help topic in Regedt32.exe.
SUMMARY
You can add, delete, or change the Welcome tips that are displayed when a
user logs on.
MORE INFORMATION
WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that
may require you to reinstall Windows. Microsoft cannot guarantee that
problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be
solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
For information about how to edit the registry, view the Changing Keys And
Values online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and
Delete Information in the Registry" and Edit Registry Data topics in
Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.
The value name starts with 0 and progresses sequentially with no gaps. You
may Add Value, change the text of a value, or delete the last or all values
and start over.
The Tips are stored as sequentially named REG_SZ entries in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Explorer\Tips
NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped
for readability.
The control for the Tips is user based and is located at:
HKEY_USERS\<User's ID>\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Explorer\Tips
as two (2) REG_BINARY entries.
NOTE: The above registry key is one path; it has been wrapped
for readability.
Show: Controls whether the Tips are displayed. 01000000 enables the
display, while 00000000 disables it.
Next: Controls which Tip is displayed next. 00000000 displays Tip 0,
01000000 displays Tip 1 and 0a000000 displays Tip 10.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/9/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo KB174841 |
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