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Windows 2000 - Disable the annoying pop-up messages at startup

November 30, 2013
Updated: December 6, 2021
Quick overview:

The system startup of Windows 2000 is often interrupted by messages stating that a hard disk check must take place. Unfortunately, such messages are often superfluous, which is why you can switch them off without hesitation.

1. Click in succession on Start/Execute and type in the command line regedit in.

2. Navigate to the registry keys HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows and right-click in the right pane.

3. Select New/DWORD value from the context menu that pops up and name it NoPopUpsOnBoot. Double-click on it and enter a 1. After a restart, you will finally be rid of the annoying messages.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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