How can I suppress Windows XP's Windows Tour prompt?
November 29, 2001
A. The first three times that a user logs on to XP, the OS displays the Windows Tour balloon prompt. To suppress this action for all users, perform the following steps:
Start the registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionApplets.
Select the Tour registry key (if this key doesn't exist, go to Edit, New, Key and create the key).
From the Edit menu, select New - DWORD value.
Enter a name of RunCount, and press Enter.
Double-click the new value, and set it to 0.
Click OK.
Close the registry editor.
To perform the same function for a particular user, perform the same steps, but in step 2 navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionApplets.
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