Disable Warnings on Startup (Windows 2000/XP)

With this setting you can suppress any error messages that might otherwise appear at Windows startup. These popup messages normally notify you when a device or service is not functioning correctly.

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Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value or modify the existing value called "NoPopUpsOnBoot" and set it to "1" to disable the popups.

Create an additional DWORD value called "Error Mode" and set it according to the table below to control which messages are suppressed.

• 0 = No Error Suppression
• 1 = Suppress System Errors
• 2 = Suppress All Errors

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		NoPopUpsOnBoot	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)
		Error Mode	REG_DWORD	0x00000002 (2)

	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVers...

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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.