How To: Remove Unread Email Count from the Windows XP Login Screen
 
 
 
For All Users:
 
 
 
Go to Start and select run, in the run box type Regedit and click ok. Once Regedit has started navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail  
 
 
 
Once there Create a new DWORD (Right click in right hand pane, New>DWORD) called MessageExpiryDays  
 
 
 
Double click the DWORD MessageExpireyDays you just created and be sure the value is set to 0 (should be the default value if this is a new DWORD). If you only wish to make a change to your own user edit this registry key instead HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail  
 
 
 
If you don?t feel happy modifying the registry yourself you can use the following .reg files to make the nessisary changes for you
 
 
 
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For your user account:
 
Go to Start and select run, in the run box type Regedit and click ok. Once Regedit has started navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail
 
 
 
In the right window you should see a DWORD called MessageExpiryDays, double click this and set its value to 0.
 
 
 
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