Unwanted lettering now on desktop.

[Guest]

I now have "Windows XP Home Edition" with letters and numbers under it in the lower right hand corner of my desktop. It just showed up. How can I get rid of it ?

 

[John Barnett - MVP]

The number you see is the build number. I was going to direct you to my
website www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net to view the details fro this
problem, but I suddenly realised the details on;only went on today and I
haven't had time to update the site. However the details are outlined below.

Please note that you are editing the registry so you need to backup the
registry. The details are available on my website. Just press the Life Saver
button and scroll down to an application called Erunt. This is freeware and
you can downloaded from the link provided on my site.

1/ Click the Start button

2/ From the Start Menu click Run

3/ In the Run dialog box type: regedit

4/ The registry editor will now open

5/ Now navigate to the following registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\Desktop

6/ In the Right Hand Pane of the registry window scroll down the list until
you come to PaintDesktopVersion

7/ Double click on the PaintDesktopVersion option

8/ The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears

9/ In the Value Data box type 0 (zero) and click OK

10/ Finally close the registry editor

11/ The next time you boot up your pc the build number should have
disappeared

 

[Gord]

This area is the sys startup tray where some programs you
add can show up here deleteing the program you added
should rid you of the program.

-----Original Message-----
I now have "Windows XP Home Edition" with letters and

numbers under it in the lower right hand corner of my
desktop. It just showed up. How can I get rid of it ?