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Hide username and picture in start menu

Your Windows XP start menu will be displayed in a double column with your username and logo at the top. Have you ever wanted to get rid of these??

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Hide username and picture in start menu

May 09th, 2005 - 06:00 pm ET by R. K.
  1. 1 - Hide username and picture in start menu - part one
  2. 2 - Hide username and picture in start menu - part two

Have you had enough of systematically look at your username and logo each time that you click on your start menu? Then this tip is for you.

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1.Hide your username

Click “Start”, “Run” and type “regedit”. Click on “OK” and  you will have the Windows Registry open in front of you.

Go to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

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Add a new DWORD value called NoUserNameInStartMenu and give this a value of 1.

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You can press OK and close the registry editor.


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