Operating system information is displayed on my desktop

[Shirley]

I have just loaded Win XP Prof and now the following
information is visible on my desktop just above my system
tray:

Windows XP Professional
Build 2600.xpsp2.030422-1633 (Service Pack 1)

I would like this information not to be displayed. Does
anyone know how to get rid of it?

Thanks in advance for any help!
Shirley

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Download and install TweakUI for Windows XP and install it. Go to General
and uncheck Show Windows version on desktop.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

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"Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> I have just loaded Win XP Prof and now the following
> information is visible on my desktop just above my system
> tray:
>
> Windows XP Professional
> Build 2600.xpsp2.030422-1633 (Service Pack 1)
>
> I would like this information not to be displayed. Does
> anyone know how to get rid of it?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> Shirley
>
>

[The Unknown P]

Doug is a big advocate of Tweak User Interface while I
thing that it is simply a waste of resources as it doesn't
do anything accept make simple registry changes that you
can make yourself without the wasted space of a program.
In this case go>start\run and type in regedit and click ok
or hit enter on your keyboard. Now navigate this route by
clicking the + beside the entries in the following order.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop Now click on
desktop to highlight it and open the entries in the right
panel and then look for PaintDesktopVersion REG_DWORD
0x00000001 and then right click on the
PaintDesktopVersion and then click modify and change the 1
to a 0. 1=enable 0=disable. All this and no useless
TweakUI. Keep smiling.

[gls858]

"The Unknown P" > wrote in message
...
> Doug is a big advocate of Tweak User Interface while I
> thing that it is simply a waste of resources as it doesn't
> do anything accept make simple registry changes that you
> can make yourself without the wasted space of a program.
> In this case go>start\run and type in regedit and click ok
> or hit enter on your keyboard. Now navigate this route by
> clicking the + beside the entries in the following order.
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop Now click on
> desktop to highlight it and open the entries in the right
> panel and then look for PaintDesktopVersion REG_DWORD
> 0x00000001 and then right click on the
> PaintDesktopVersion and then click modify and change the 1
> to a 0. 1=enable 0=disable. All this and no useless
> TweakUI. Keep smiling.

IMHO it's much easier for a novice to make a mistake if they
go directly into the registry. I didn't see any recommendation
to backup the registry before editing. Always a good idea.
TweakUI is easy and takes a lot of risk out of editing the
registry.

gls858

[rifleman]

PLEASE QUOTE

"The Unknown P" > wrote in message
...
> Doug is a big advocate of Tweak User Interface while I
> thing that it is simply a waste of resources as it doesn't
> do anything accept make simple registry changes that you
> can make yourself without the wasted space of a program.
> In this case go>start\run and type in regedit and click ok
> or hit enter on your keyboard. Now navigate this route by
> clicking the + beside the entries in the following order.
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop Now click on
> desktop to highlight it and open the entries in the right
> panel and then look for PaintDesktopVersion REG_DWORD
> 0x00000001 and then right click on the
> PaintDesktopVersion and then click modify and change the 1
> to a 0. 1=enable 0=disable. All this and no useless
> TweakUI. Keep smiling.