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Why does text appear in the bottom left of my screen after I install Windows Media Player (WMP) 9 beta on Windows 2000?
John Savill
October 29, 2002
1 Min Read
A. In the beta-test version of Win2K and later Windows versions, text appeared onscreen to indicate that the user was running a beta version. This text typically stated "Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, For Testpurpose only, Build 2195." To stop the text from appearing, you needed to set the registry value HKEY_CURRENT_USERControlPanelDesktopPaintDesktopVersion to 0. However, after you install WMP 9, this text can reappear. To prevent this text from displaying onscreen after you install WMP9, perform the following steps:
Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftSystemCertificatesCACertificates registry subkey.
Delete the FEE449EE0E3965A5246F000E87FDE2A065FD89D4 subkey.
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftSystemCertificatesROOTCertificates registry subkey.
Delete the 2BD63D28D7BCD0E251195AEB519243C13142EBC3 subkey.
Close the registry editor.
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