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This article was previously published under Q224299
IMPORTANT: This article contains information about
modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry,
make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand
how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For
information about how to back up, restore, and edit the
registry, click the following article number to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SUMMARY
This article describes how to prevent the Internet
Explorer "Welcome" tour from running when a new user logs
on to a computer. This may be useful to reduce start up
time, or to work around issues with the tour starting
properly.
MORE INFORMATION
WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may
cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall
your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you
can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor
incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
The Internet Explorer Tour can be enabled or disabled in
the registry on a per-user basis. To prevent the Internet
Explorer Welcome tour from running when a new user logs on
to a computer, you must create a user account with the
preferred settings in the registry and then copy these
settings into the default user profile in the
Winnt\Profiles\Default User folder:
Restart your computer, log on as a new user, and then
restart your computer.
Log on as an administrator, and then add the new user to
the administrator's group.
Click Start, click Logoff user name, where user name is
your user name. Log on to your computer with the new user
account you created in step 1, click to clear the Show
this the Next Time you login check box, and then click
Close.
Click Start, click Logoff user name, and then log on to
your computer with the new user account you created in
step 1. If the tour does not run, continue to step 5. If
the tour does run, skip to step 8.
Copy the contents of the Winnt\Profiles\Default User
folder to another folder to create a backup copy of these
original settings.
Copy the contents of the new "user name" folder from the
Profiles folder to the Default User folder, and then
restart your computer. Do not perform the remaining steps.
Use Registry Editor to view the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\Explorer\Tips
Change the value of the SHOWIE4 value from 1 to 0. Note
that a value of 1 means the tour is enabled, and a value
of 0 means the tour is disabled. You can change this value
to re-enable the tour at a later time.
Restart your computer.
Repeat steps 5-7 to copy this user's settings to the
default user.
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
Last Reviewed: 10/13/2003 (3.0)
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