help with an HP PC
Wednesday, September 3, 2003 by Satans Child | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I'm on an HP and in the start pannel, there is a link that says About my HP PC .... is there anyway to remove this item from the start menu or am I stuck with it. I just cant figure it out. 
thanks
thanks
Satans Child
Reply #2 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 9:38 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 9:38 PM
I tried that ... it just puts up a tiny menu to the about my HP PC page, I tried looking in propeties also but there's no option to disable it .
Like a little brain teaser .... you can take that either way
. Like a little brain teaser .... you can take that either way
yrag2
Reply #3 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 9:48 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 9:48 PM
Sounds like they put a registry key in (how considerate). You'll probably have to do a search on the HP forums to get the answer (or do a search in registry if you feel daring). You can't be the only one that wants to get rid of it.
Satans Child
Reply #4 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 9:51 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 9:51 PM
ok .... thank you yrag ... I just gotta find an HP forum now 
Satans Child
Reply #5 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 10:33 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 10:33 PM
ok, I've found where it is in the REGEDIT but have no idea how to disable it, can anyone help me out
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{biglongnumber}
Help?!
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{biglongnumber}
Help?!
yrag2
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 10:43 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 10:43 PM
If you're sure you found it and you're not faint of heart playing with the registry right click on the entry and export to a temp folder. You then delete the entry in the registry. You might have to re-boot to see effect. If it doesn't work or causes other problems double click your saved .reg file and it will return entry to original settings. I must add that this is not something I recommend doing. Good luck
Bones2112
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 10:47 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 10:47 PM
if you have xp, you can right click on the start button, select properties, start menu tab, customize start menu button, advanced tab, middle section and uncheck that item. Try that.
Zodiaq~
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 11:06 PM
Reply #8 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 11:06 PM
Normally Bones2112 method works just fine...but we are talking HP here so who knows 
Found some info on how to 'Add' your own Icon/Logo through the registry...maybe it will help you to remove the HP one...good luck
http://www.netcorridor.yellowpipe.com/tips_win.php
Found some info on how to 'Add' your own Icon/Logo through the registry...maybe it will help you to remove the HP one...good luck
http://www.netcorridor.yellowpipe.com/tips_win.php
Satans Child
Reply #9 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 11:09 PM
Reply #9 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 11:09 PM
well I did the next best thing ... instead of removing it I changed it to a link to WinCusto. Thanks for your help fellas ..or felletes .. I appreciate it 
MikeB314
Reply #12 Thursday, September 4, 2003 8:40 AM
Reply #12 Thursday, September 4, 2003 8:40 AM
I have an HP PC as well. I searched the registry for "About my HP PC" and found that same key with the big long number. I deleted the key and now it's gone from my start menu. No harm done. Of course, you should always back up your registry before doing anything like that, just in case you need to restore it. But I had no problems.
Satans Child
Reply #13 Thursday, September 4, 2003 8:42 AM
Reply #13 Thursday, September 4, 2003 8:42 AM
thats good to know. I was gonna do the same thing but had second thoughts. But now I have a link to WinCusto there so everything is good, but I will keep that in mind, thanks.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, September 3, 2003 9:35 PM