Computer trivia

With a fresh copy of Windows Vista, the Welcome Center will be enabled by default. The welcome center has the links to all the major settings and is very helpful the first time you logon to Windows, but not the second time!. This welcome center is set to start each time Windows starts and soon starts frustrating the users as it is not used any more.

To disable the welcome center to start at startup follow these steps.

- Open Registry Editor by typing ‘regedit’ in the run box

- In the left pane of the registry editor, traverse to the following location

- Now, in the right pane locate the key named ‘WindowsWelcomeCenter‘ and delete it or rename it to any arbitrary name

- Close the regedit and the next time you start Windows, welcome center will not start

Note: Improper editing of registry can cause serious damage to the system and make sure, you take a backup of the registry before making any changes.