Disable Initial Welcome to Microsoft Windows

[JmcClain_MI]

Is there a way to disable the *Welcome to Microsoft Windows* screen initially when setting up a new XP Image?

[Grunth0s]

If you are using Nlite to create your image, you can disable both the OOBE (out of box experience), and the Windows Tour.

[JmcClain_MI]

I was figuring it was the *AutoLogin* under Administrator but I wasted to be sure, Thank You.

[Grunth0s]

Nah, the Autologin allows the system to login automatically using the supplied administrator details, it won't stop any of the welcome stuff.

[Doc Symbiosis]

Here's the regtweak to disable welcome screen:

;Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"LogonType"=dword:00000000

[JmcClain_MI]

Here's the regtweak to disable welcome screen:

;Disable Welcome Screen and uses Classic Logon
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"LogonType"=dword:00000000

At what point would you implement this?, I tried to add this to a registry merge file under RUNONCE but did not work of course?, Thanks in advance.

[khildin]

From the Win XP PreInstallation Reference:

UnattendSwitch

Value: Yes | No

Default: No

Instructs Setup to skip Windows Welcome or Mini-Setup when preinstalling Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional using the CD Boot method.

Yes

Instructs Setup to skip Windows Welcome.

No

Instructs Setup to not skip Windows Welcome.

UnattendSwitch is only necessary when you perform an unattended Setup using Winnt.exe, Winnt.sif, and the CD Boot method. This entry is not necessary if you use Winnt32.exe to run Setup.

Note

UnattendSwitch is not the same as the UnattendedInstall entry in the [Data]section of the answer file. UnattendSwitch controls Windows Welcome; UnattendedInstall does not.

This should explain the lot..... Just add the UnattendSwitch="yes" in [unattended] section of your unattend.txt file.

regards,

khildin

[Doc Symbiosis]

The entry is to be used in a regfile. Just create a file regtweak.reg, with the following line

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

Now add the tweak to the file, save it and run it. Done!

In command line, you have to use regedit /s "regtweak.reg" to import the setting

[Andromeda43]

You can either use Regedit.exe to enter the registry and navigate down to the key and edit it yourself, or you can put the line given you into a .reg script.

To do that, copy the lines of text between the lines of *'s into "Notepad", (not wordpad) and save it as "regset.reg".

**************************************

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

"HungAppTimeout"="1000"

"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="1000"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

"DisablePagingExecutive"="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]

"LogonType"=dword:00000000

**************************************

After you save this file, run it just once to tweak your Registry. Reboot.

Put it away for future use or to share with your friends.

Oh, by the way, the first three lines are my own tweaks to improve system performance by loading the Xp Kernal into ram where it can run a thousand times faster than from the HD. The first two lines will greatly speed up your Shutdown, by forcing programs to close.

If you don't want to use these tried and true tweaks, just delete them before you save the file. OK?

Manually make yourself a restore point before you run this little program just in case you want to go back.

Good Luck,

Andromeda43