You can display/hide version of Windows XP on desktop 1-click Start > click Run > and type “regedit” in dialog box to run Windows Registry Editor 2-find and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop 3-in right panel, Create a new DWORD, name PaintDesktopVersion. 4- Give it value of 0 to hide the version from the desktop, or value of 1 to display the version of Windows Xp on the desktop 5- Restart your computer.