How to remove the Username from Windows XP Start Me

when you are working in your office and do not want to reveal the user who is currently logged in. Here is a simple registry trick which will hide the username from the Start menu in Windows XP.

Before going further, it’s recommended to backup Windows registry to be on the safe side.

Follow the steps below to continue:

1. Click Start menu and select the “Run” dialog box. Type “regedit” (without quotes) to open the Registry editor.

2. You will see two panes in the registry editor – left and right. In the left pane, navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer

3. In the right pane, right click on an empty area and select “New > Dword Value”

4. Name the value as NoUserNameInStartMenu.

5.  Double click the Dword item and set the value as 1.

6. You are all done. Log off from the user account and log back in to see the changes. The username will be gone from the start menu as shown below:

That's IT!