When you Customize the Windows XP Start menu, you can check or uncheck Highlight newly installed programs option on the Advanced tab.
To check this via the registry:
1. Copy /Paste the following to a NotifyNewApps.reg file:REGEDIT4
\[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]
"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000001
2. Merge the NotifyNewApps.reg file with the user's registry or run regedit /s NotifyNewApps.reg.
3. The user must log off and log on for this setting to take effect.
To uncheck this via the registry:
1. Copy /Paste the following to a NotifyNewApps.reg file:REGEDIT4
\[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\]
"Start_NotifyNewApps"=dword:00000000
2. Merge the NotifyNewApps.reg file with the user's registry or run regedit /s NotifyNewApps.reg.
3. The user must log off and log on for this setting to take effect.