I have Windows Vista Basic. OK, this post was really useful but it did not relate to my case, an HP Notebook. Because this post pointed me in the right direction, I thank all those that contributed, even though it seems that there are many places that it can be stored.
Yes, there are many files that hold these offensive items and deleting the whole OOBE directory would sort it out, but probably not a wise decision. Alternatively, the following is s guide to how you can locate the ones that pertain to you. It seems the country that the computer is set to is crucial.
Open each of the files double-clicking opens the file in a browser - good enough for viewing. Once you have found the file, you can simply rename it allowing Administrative Privileges or remove the section as shown by previous posts.
To see if you have gotten the right file, go back to the Welcome Center, press to refresh the screen and hopefully you got it first time. If not, try a different locale. Hope this may help someone! The garbage in the Welcome Center is something I find very irritating - especially the adverts for trial software MS Office, anti-virus software, etc , the more so when most of my clients will be buying Office another way and be running the anti-nasties app that I recommend to them - Kaspersky Internet Security Suite.
What I'd like to do, as well, though, is how to remove the pre-installed trial version of MS Office that is found on so many blue-chip PCs - without affecting the version that they install in its place without having uninstalled the pre-existing version. I know how to get rid of the wrong-version error message that is caused by this duplication - run each Office app as Administrator, one after the other the message will not appear the next time the app is run but it's not obvious how to uninstall the pre-installed MS Office version when another version has been installed afterwards.
Exodus Development. How do you remove these unwelcome Welcome Center entries? No Rocket Science here! Simple as could be! Thanks Again! Just delete the oobe. Just delete the oobe file and you're good to go for sure.
Why doesn't Gateway or Microsoft Support know this? There's no oobe. Also depending on what version of Windows Vista you have, sometimes there is a check box to tick or untick to disable showing the Welcome center at startup. My name is Milica Pantic but everyone calls me Mitz. Hope you enjoy my website and learn everything you need to know in an easy to understand way.. Tips4pc Youtube Channel.
Delete it from the startup menu. Removing the checkbox from this will prevent it from reappearing at startup next time. Note: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry.
However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Hope this information is helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help.
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