Annoying message

  • Thread starter Thread starter Art
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How is thid different from this (which you snipped)?:

<quote>
To disable completely the balloon tips, navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
and create a new dword called EnableBalloonTips. Set its decimal value
to 0.
</quote>
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Mine looks better :)
 
Did you try THIS one?:
"Ben Cooke: I know it's a bit obscure, but in WinXP you can choose which
notification icons appear by right-clicking the notification area and
selecting "Custom Notifications..." "
{note- click a blank spot in the notification area}
from this page:

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/01/10/349894.aspx
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It may be significant/relevant to the problem that the particular
annoyance message I mentioned does not appear in the list. Ones
that do appear in the list are the familiar (and desired):

"Wireless Network Connection (my ssid) Speed 54.0 Mbps ..."
that I get when hovering the mouse over the connection icon.

Also listed is the:
"Wireless Network Connection Not Connected ..."
with the red X in the connection icon that is also desirable and
useful when applicable.

But the annoying (and useless) yellow baloon pop up message isn't
listed at all.

There's a OT thread right now on alt.freeware concerning sp 3, and
I might post a question there on whether or not the bug has been
fixed in the lated Betas of sp 3.

Art
 
John said:
The last version I tested was Feisty Fawn (I think). Couldn't get my Linksys
WUSB54G (desktop PC) and Intel 2200BG (laptop) + WPA2 to work. So I stopped
right there and went back to WinXP. I'd love to give it another shot if I
can get WiFi to work. Does Hardy Heron (latest version?) support WPA2
security btw?
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I don't know as I don't do wireless. You can either try Hardy and see if
it works or ask on the Ubuntu forums where someone might have the same
configuration as you. alt.os.linux.ubuntu

Alias
 
On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:38:11 GMT, Art wrote:


Maybe :) Try this:
- Click on Start and then on Run.
- In the open box type regedit and then click OK.
- Click on the plus (+) next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
- Click on the plus (+) next to Software.
- Click on the plus (+) next to Microsoft.
- Click on the plus (+) next to Windows.
- Click on the plus (+) next to CurrentVersion.
- Click on the plus (+) next to Explorer.
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Here's where the mistake is:
- Click on the folder that says Advanced.
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The new Dword goes directly under \Explorer
not under \Explorer\Advanced
- Click on Edit, select New, and choose DWORD Value.
- Name the new DWORD Value EnableBalloonTips.
- Double-click this new entry, set the value to 0.
- Fill in the dot next to Hexadecimal.
- Close the Registry Editor and reboot the computer normally.
- You (should) have now disabled the balloon tips in the system tray.

Good luck :)
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My good luck came from a poster on alt.comp.freeware who suggested
trying TweakUI for XP. Under Taskbar and Start Menu there's a check
box named Enable ballooon tips. Uncheck, Apply, reboot. Haven't seen
the annoying message yet after many hours of connection time both
yesterday and today.

Art
 
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