Error message on Windows XP startup ? Here’s how to fix it.



Here’s another cool WIN XP hack. Did you ever have a situation in which a program that you uninstalled from your PC still sends you annoying messages (that you can’t get rid of) when starting up Windows? I encounter such a bummer quite often….

Here is the solution. Notes that it involves modifying the registry, so make sure you backup your registry before implementing the specified below.

1. Go to Start>>Run >> Regedit. This will open the Registry Editor.

2. Expand the Registry Editor tree and find the node HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows.

3. Goto Edit>>New>> Dword Value named NoPopupsOnBoot and give it the value of 1. Click on OK.


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4. Close the Registry Editor and reboot your computer.

5. To disable this hack, either delete the NoPopupsOnBoot key or set its value to 0.

Enjoy!

[tags] PC Hacks, Windows XP hacks, Startup message [/tags]



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  1. PaulGuise says:

    Nice. I dont get many popups on boot but this will be good if I come across any annoying errors like this.

    Cheers

  2. Nirmal says:

    I too have seen such msgs previously, thanks for the trick

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