HOW TO: Disable the Configure Your Server Wizard in Windows 2000

This article describes how to disable the Configure Your Server Wizard in Windows 2000.

Disable the Configure Your Server Wizard

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.

As an administrator, you may choose to prevent the Configure Your Server Wizard from starting automatically when new users log on to a Windows 2000-based computer. These steps do not affect users who already have a local or roaming profile:

1. Start the Regedt32 tool. To do so, click Start, click Run, type regedt32, and then click OK.
2. Click HKEY_USERS.
3. On the Registry menu, click Load Hive, and then browse to the C:\Documents and Settings\Default User folder, which is a hidden folder.
4. Double-click the Ntuser.dat file.
5. In the Key Name box, type:
   Default User
6. Expand the newly created Default User hive under HKEY_USERS.
7. Navigate to the Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\Welcome folder.
8. Find the value srvwiz, and then change the REG_DWORD value from 0x1 to 0x0.
9. Collapse the Default User hive.
10. Click the Default User hive, and then on the Registry menu, click Unload Hive.

Note: You do not need to restart the computer for the change to take effect.