Language Bar GPO

[Guest]

Hi all
Does anyone know which GPO controls the language bar? I've been searching
through the Office 2003 ADM's and Windows setting but I cant find anything
related to it.
Also I'm trying to stop the balloons that appear when a user logs on to a
computer for the first time (i.e. tour of XP balloon) cna anyone help with
this?

Thanks in advance
Alex Hart

 

[Doug Gabbard]

Test this first of course, but I believe it will work for you. I do
not think you will find a GPO to push this. I would either do it via
a login scrip or create a custome ADM file for GPO to push.
Alternatively, you could make it part of your build process to have
the registry changes made in advance of the first user using it.

Hope this helps.


You can use the registry to disable all the balloons

Here are the keys you will need to modify (set all to zero).
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\EnableBalloonTips
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowInfoTip
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\FolderContentsInfoTip
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartButtonBalloonTip
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips\Show

Be aware that you change the registry at your own risk. Modifying the
registry without proper education can be hazardous.

regards
Doug