Re: Why On-Screen Build Information & How To Remove?

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From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/06/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 04:23:18 +1000

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
PaintDesktopVersion

Some software forces this on in which case it can't be turned off. 

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"Pogo" <Pogo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:49EF5FDC-1491-45FA-9019-08DA8629BA08@microsoft.com...
> I recently upgraded from 98se to XP-home on my old home system (AMD 
> K6-2/400Mhz, 256MB RAM, late 90's BIOS). Other than some to-be-expected 
> problems with legacy ISA hardware and some applications, it went well. 
> However, the system now displays the build information on the lower right 
> just above the toolbar. It even went from listing SP1 to SP2 as part of the 
> information after I installed the new service pack. It's there regardless of 
> any desktop background setting I've tried.
> 
> I found this odd as I've never seen or heard of such a thing including 
> during a recent upgrade of an office system from ME to XP-home. As best I can 
> tell from looking through the registry, it's coming from some area tied to 
> some NT keys/values, but that's a best guess on my part.
> 
> I'd really like to turn this off. Whatever eye candy XP offers, it's spoiled 
> by this omnipresent build information. I'm not above hacking the registry as 
> long as I can get straight forward directions on doing so although I'd love 
> to hear that there's some other setting I can tweak to deal with this.
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated.
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