Pesky Balloon tips

[Roscoe P Pendoscoe]

It had been so long since I reinstalled XP I have forgotten where I
can disable the "BALLOON TIPS" that greet me on the taskbar and
elsewhere at times.

I have looked everywhere but the right place.


RP




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the more people assume you have.

 

[ju.c]

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


ju.c

 

[David Webb]

The steps in the following article disable all Notification Area balloon tips
for the user. There is no way to disable balloon tips for specific programs
only.

HOW TO: Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307729

 

[Allan]

It had been so long since I reinstalled XP I have forgotten where I
can disable the "BALLOON TIPS" that greet me on the taskbar and
elsewhere at times.

I have looked everywhere but the right place.

If you have the Powertools TweakUI utility installed look under "Taskbar and
Start Menu". If you don't have it you may want to install it anyway.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

[Bill in Co.]

You don't need TweakUI. Just use the right registry patch (google for
it).

 

[David Webb]

Granted, one does not need TweakUI to do just one registry hack, but this
utility is a suite of registry patches and serves as the easiest way to
enable/disable any of its feature list. This was the whole basis for its
development. Most users find it to be a worthwhile tool to have available.
Google is not required.

 

[Roscoe P Pendoscoe]

Granted, one does not need TweakUI to do just one registry hack, but this
utility is a suite of registry patches and serves as the easiest way to
enable/disable any of its feature list. This was the whole basis for its
development. Most users find it to be a worthwhile tool to have available.
Google is not required.

Well, it all comes back. Thanks for the help fellows. I did have
Tweakui installed before and found it useful but forgot it had the
ability to do what I wanted..

Thanks again.

There is also some site windows annoyances.org or something like that.




Knowledge is like money, the less you talk about it
the more people assume you have.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Granted, one does not need TweakUI to do just one registry hack, but this
utility is a suite of registry patches and serves as the easiest way to
enable/disable any of its feature list. This was the whole basis for its
development. Most users find it to be a worthwhile tool to have available.
Google is not required.

I'm with you entirely. TweakUI doesn't do anything you can't do
without it. It's essentially nothing but a special-purpose
user-friendly registry editor. But if you can do something with
TweakUI, rather than editing the registry directly, it's always a
easier, safer way to accomplish it.

 

[Bill in Co.]

I'd rather do the individual registry patches (that I know what, where,
when, and how I am specifically doing some things for) than have it handled
behind the scenes by another app (like TweakUI).

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I'd rather do the individual registry patches (that I know what, where,
when, and how I am specifically doing some things for) than have it handled
behind the scenes by another app (like TweakUI).

Your choice, of course. My view is that you are taking unnecessary
risks when you do this.

 

[Roscoe P Pendoscoe]

Thanks to all for replies.

Just got back in town after long job out of town.

Again, my thanks!




Knowledge is like money, the less you talk about it
the more people assume you have.