Win XP Desktop Annoyance

[Cheep]

I've been running Win XP RC1 for a week, and so far it's great. But, does anyone know how to remove the annoying text on the desktop-- "Windows XP, Evaluation Copy. Build 2505"?

A minor annoyance, but it does bug me.

 

[Nevo]

You can't. You'll have to wait for gold code. Sorry. 🙁

 

[dalnar]

Remove the Desktop version text
Contributed by a number of readers
During the Windows XP beta, you will see text in the lower right corner of the screen that says Windows XP Professional, Evaluation Copy. Build 2462 or similar. A lot of people would like to remove this text for some reason, and while it's possible to do so, the cure is more damaging than the problem, in my opinion. So the following step will remove this text, but you'll lose a lot of the nice graphical effects that come in Windows XP, such as the see-through icon text.
To remove the desktop version text, open Display Properties (right-click the desktop, then choose Properties) and navigate to the Desktop page. Click Customize Desktop and then choose the Web page in the resulting dialog. On this page, check the option titled Lock desktop items. Click OK to close the dialog, and then OK to close Display Properties. The text disappears. But now the rest of your system is really ugly. You can reverse the process by unchecking Lock desktop items.

UPDATE: There's also a shortcut for this process: Just right-click the desktop and choose Arrange by then Lock Web Icons on the Desktop.

I got this off of the winsupersite ... it's for beta 2 but i assume it will work for RC1.