Disable Balloon tips

[Guest]

Hi there, I have a user that wants to disable the yellow popup tips that you
get when you hover over things in XP. eg. when you hover over a file name in
windows explorer it tells you file size & last modified date etc etc. I've
looked around but can only find how to disable the notification area balloons
which is not what i'm looking for.
Can anyone tell me what these yellow pop-up boxes are actually called? Or
even better, how to disable them.
Thanks

 

[ANONYMOUS]

You need to hack the registry. Try this:

To open up the registry editor:
1. Click on Start
2. Choose Run
3. Type in "regedit"
4. Click Okay
Follow this path to The Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Create a new DWORD value, name it EnableBalloonTips, and set it equal to
0. If EnableBalloonTips is already there and equal to 1, set it equal to
0. Quit the registry editor, log off, and log back on.

hth

 

[Alan Edwards]

Try these:

Control Panel-Folder Options-View
Uncheck "Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items".

There's a reg file here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
11. Disable Balloon Tips or Disable All
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/disableall.reg

....Alan

 

[Beck]

You need to hack the registry. Try this:

To open up the registry editor:
1. Click on Start
2. Choose Run
3. Type in "regedit"
4. Click Okay
Follow this path to The Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Create a new DWORD value, name it EnableBalloonTips, and set it equal
to
0. If EnableBalloonTips is already there and equal to 1, set it equal
to
0. Quit the registry editor, log off, and log back on.

Is there a way to turn off a single bubble?
My wireless network bubble pops up regularly to tell me it is connected. I
already know its connected and the bubble annoys me, but I do not want to
disable all of them

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Yes this is quite easy. Try this:

Start, Connections, Show All Connections,

Now right-click on the Wireless Connections;
In the General Tab there is an item at the bottom that requires you to
uncheck. "Show Icon in Notification area when connected"

hth