How to Kill pPop-Up Messages

[Paul Tholfsen]

Just a minor annoyance - but my WinXP Home produces a pop-up balloon each
time I log into my ISP, telling me that I'm connected. The balloon stays
around for ten or fifteen seconds and disappears. Is there simple way to
prevent it?

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Paul Tholfsen
Bellingham, WA

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[Ramesh \(XP Power User\)]

Hi Paul,

You need to disable XP Balloon tips:

1. Click on Start
2. Choose Run
3. Type in "regedit"
4. Click Okay
Follow this path to The Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Create a new DWORD value, name it EnableBalloonTips, and set it equal to 0.
If EnableBalloonTips is already there and equal to 1, set it equal to 0.
Quit the registry editor, log off, and log back on.

http://www.winbookcorp.com/_technote/WBTA20000834.htm

http://www.ntfaq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=23764
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_______________________________________
Ramesh Srinivasan
MSWindows OS- Poweruser
eMail: (e-mail address removed)
Aim: SRamesh2k
INDIA


Just a minor annoyance - but my WinXP Home produces a pop-up balloon each
time I log into my ISP, telling me that I'm connected. The balloon stays
around for ten or fifteen seconds and disappears. Is there simple way to
prevent it?

--
Paul Tholfsen
Bellingham, WA

(e-mail address removed)
Please Delete XYZ

 

[Ramesh \(XP Power User\)]

Remove the BalloonTips key altogether. The attached .reg file should help.

_______________________________________
Ramesh Srinivasan
MSWindows OS- Poweruser
eMail: (e-mail address removed)
Aim: SRamesh2k
INDIA


I followed the steps, reviewed the registry, have rebooted several times -
The balloon is still coming up.

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Paul Tholfsen
Bellingham, WA

(e-mail address removed)
Please Delete XYZ