Remove “Help and Support” link from XP Start Menu

To remove the Help and Support link from XP Start Menu, try this:

Right-click Taskbar, choose Properties

In the Start Menu tab, click Customize

Select the Advanced tab

Uncheck Help and Support option.

Click OK, OK and close the dialog

For Windows Classic Start menu, you may need to modify the registry directly:

Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe

Navigate to the following location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced

In the right-pane, create a new REG_DWORD value named NoStartMenuHelp

Double-click NoStartMenuHelp and set it’s value to 1

Close Regedit.