disable file information tooltips "Windows 2000"

[Guest]

I have a co-worker that can't stand the tooltips when she's in Open or Save
As dialogs that gives file info. I know I have to use the Registry to remove
them, but can't find where. Please help!

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I have a co-worker that can't stand the tooltips when she's in Open
or Save As dialogs that gives file info. I know I have to use the
Registry to remove them, but can't find where. Please help!

See if http://tech-galaxy.tripod.com/common/tooltips.html helps, or try
googling for "disable tooltips windows" or similar. Since you're using Win2k
Pro, I suggest you post in a Win2k newsgroup for the most expert help, and
provide more info as to your setup.

You might want to consider using a news client, such as Forte Agent,
Thunderbird, or even Outlook Express, rather than the pretty clunky web
interface to the newsgroups. I's a lot easier to do nearly everything that
way (including finding the individual groups). You can mark messages to be
watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your posts easily, and
search.

The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can
subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required.

The following is from a post by MVP Malke ...

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Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader:

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief
explanation of newsgroups
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp
- Set Up Newsreader

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Some newsreaders for Windows
http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte
http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups)
http://gravity.tbates.org/

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[Kelly]

How To: Turn off the Balloon Tooltips and Pop-ups

Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View/Advanced/Uncheck Popup
Descriptions for Folder and Desktop Items.

TweakUI/Taskbar/Uncheck Enable Balloon Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Or use this automated edit:

Disable Balloon Tips or Disable All (Row 11)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable All includes: Balloon Tips, Folder Contents Info Tips, Explorer
Pop-Ups, Show Info Tips, Start Menu and Notification Area.

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.


Related Registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000000. Double click FolderContentsInfoTip
and change the Value data to 0.

To turn off Windows Explorer pop-ups:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips
"Show"=dword:00000001. Double click Show and change the value data to 0.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.
In the right pane double click "ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001 and change the
ending (1) to (0).

How To: Turn off Tooltips

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartButtonBalloonTip
- values are from "2" to "1" or "0".

Show Pop-up Descriptions for Explorer and Desktop Items

This setting controls whether pop-up tool tip information and descriptions
are shown when the mouse is hovered over desktop and explorer items. This
edit excludes the Start Button.

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

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'ShowInfoTip'
and edit the value according to (0 = Disabled, 1 = Show Tool Tips).

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the
change to take effect.

How to Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips (Q307729):
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q307/7/29.ASP

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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