IntelliPoint 7.0 CEIP annoyance

[MKairys]

I upgraded to IntelliMouse 7.0 and now on every reboot I get the balloon
window asking me to join the Customer Improvement program. This is VERY
annoying. I have even tried checking the box to join the program but the
setting is not retained and the balloon keeps coming up. Please help me turn
this off!

 

[Rojo Habe]

You could try uninstalling the Intellimouse software. With very few
exceptions it should function just fine using the built-in Vista driver.

....Unless your mouse has a lot of buttons, that is (more than five,
including the wheel as a middle button).

 

[MKairys]

You could try uninstalling the Intellimouse software. With very few
exceptions it should function just fine using the built-in Vista driver.

...Unless your mouse has a lot of buttons, that is (more than five,
including the wheel as a middle button).

Well, it has 5, and without Intellimouse I don't get the nice list of things
I can assign to any the buttons (like the magnifier, which I actually use),
or even set wheel-down as middle-button-click, which I need.

 

[MKairys]

Some further information:

I see in the registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IntelliPoint
there is a value BalloonHasBeenShown=1. IntelliPoint 7.0 seems to be ignoring
this.

I have even tried agreeing to the CEIP by checking the box offered by the
balloon, and/or running "quality settings" and checking it there, but the
balloon still comes up on the next reboot. I see in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IntelliPoint\SQM there is a value
CEIP=0. When I check the box accepting the CEIP that value is set to 1.
However it somehow gets set back to 0 prior to or during the next reboot.

I have uninstalled 7.0 and reinstalled 6.2 and the problem has gone away, so
I believe I can blame 7.0 specifically.