Comments on: Hide the Windows Vista Welcome Screen

By: Flanker-B

Flanker-B — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:19:28 +0000

sorry, a minor correction: windows logo instead of boot logo

By: Flanker-B

Flanker-B — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:18:22 +0000

glowing boot logo is actually called vista orb. That is not welcome screen. After the orb comes logon screen. XP can be forced to use classic logon (without the logon screen), but i’m not sure this can be done for Vista.

By: ALT+F4 solves everything

ALT+F4 solves everything — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:48:28 +0000

how do i disable the welcome screen not the welcome center but after the boot animation(the glowing windows logo) not the boot screen. and how do i disable the boot animation(glowing boot logo) if it can be disabled at all. if not where is the boot animation (location(file)) so i can change it.

By: ALT

ALT — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:30:11 +0000

when you uncheck the the box at the bottom you need to restart your computer before you do anything else i did that and it seem to work.

By: iain

iain — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:57:18 +0000

Hey, found what appears to be an easy way to turn off the welcome screen irritation. Start/Run/(type)msconfig/enter/startup/ (find) microsoft Rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,ShowWelcomecentre/UNTICK THE BOX/restart job done!! (what’s the issue??)

By: finderman

finderman — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:13:51 +0000

Ok, That’s good, but i checked that “neve show me” box and still back again, when reboot.

i find the verry good reg key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER_Software_Microsoft_Windows_CurrentVersion_Run

and remove “welcome center” key… Enjoy… ))

By: greenforestcat

greenforestcat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:36:42 +0000

How to delete oobefldr.dll (if you want to permanently remove this junk!) requires taking control of the file; otherwise, you’ll get that annoying “permission denied” screen.
(1) Open an elevated command prompt: right click on “command prompt” and click on “run as administrator.”
(2) Take ownership of the file: type takeown /f path_and_file_name (for example, takeown /f C:\windows\system32\oobefldr.dll) then press enter
(3) Grant administrator privileges to the file: type icacls path_and_file_name /grant administrators:F (for example, icacls C:\windows\system32\oobefldr.dll /grant administrators:F) and press enter
(4) Go back to the file oobefldr.dll. You should be able to delete it now. If not, make sure that the permissions are set properly by right clicking, opening “properties”, and going to the “security” tab.

I dunno, it worked for me. I tried *everything* else – including the system configuration settings – and the Welcome Screen kept returning like the plague!

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:10:02 +0000

I found another way to do it.

I kept getting the problem on my 2nd account. I just deleted the account and then created it again. After I clicked the box this time it stopped starting up.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:06:52 +0000

Hey, I have tried all following and the welcome center still pops up. But i found a way round it.

go to run and type msconfig
then click the startup tab
scroll down until you see a command “rundll32.exe oobefldr.dll,show welcome center” and UNTICK this box
click apply
click ok
click restart or exit without restart (does not matter which one)
jobs done

By: Toshi

Toshi — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:22:00 +0000

Help people, I still cannot stop the welcome center from starting up. I check the box off every single time, go to regedit to delete it, and even try disabling it at msconfig from startup with no luck. I also tried deleting oobefldr.dll but I can’t, do I need to login in safe mode to do it?