Taskbar Notification Bubbles - the irritation!

[Guest]

Hi
Does anyone know how you can switch off those irritating Taskbar
notification bubbles that always pop up when you start your pc/ laptop?
everytime l open my laptop it causes me no end of irritation to close them
all again!?
thanks
N

 

[xfile]

Hi,

I am not sure if you meant those little icons on the system tray, such as
displaying power, mouse, and little computers for internet connections, and
so on?

Many can be disbabled and based on what I know there are three ways (at
least):

(1) Remove from "Startup" group - click Start/All Programs/Startup and
you'll see a list of program links there. If you do not wish them to start
upon login to the Windows, simply delete those program links,

(2) Select from program options: For many better-written applications and
Windows build-in programs, such as network connection, power, etc., you can
"choose" not to have them to display on the system tray. Simply
double-click the icon or right-click the icon to bring up programs, and look
for "options" "preferences" or other words for how to disable icons on the
system tray.

(3) IRRIATING programs: Now there are some really irritating programs that
are not so easy to be removed, and I especially hate QuickTime so I
un-installed it once for all. You could use a "free" utility called
"X-Setup Pro" to find out which programs are really doing things behind your
back when Windows starts. Google for "X-Setup Pro 6.6" since after that
version, it is no longer "free". I remembered some people still list in
their sites for free download. Please do read Help File carefully before
you use it/

If you mean pop-up windows, well, this might be something else.

Good luck.

 

[Guest]

Thanks xfile..
unfortunately it is the pop up bubbles that i was talking about - they come
up one after another to say that there is an update to this, i am not
connected to that etc....
but thanks for the very comprehensive answer to the other stuff

 

[Alias]

Thanks xfile..
unfortunately it is the pop up bubbles that i was talking about - they come
up one after another to say that there is an update to this, i am not
connected to that etc....
but thanks for the very comprehensive answer to the other stuff

It would help a lot if you could be more specific as to which bubbles
are popping up. If they are Auto Updates, turn Auto Updates off. If they
are from the Security Center, open it and click on Change the way the
security center alerts me ... and change it.

Alias

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[Guest]

Alias,
thanks for your response..
to be more specific it is:
your wireless lan is disabled
your LAN is disconnected
there are unused icons on your desktop
click for updates to....

i am guessing at some of the wordings at cant remember them exactly. but
they seem to relate to all and sundry icons in the taskbar...
cheers,
N

 

[Guest]

Nick,
Two ways I know of doing this.
1. If you have XP TweakUI got to >taskbar and uncheck 'enable ballon tips.
2. If you don't have XP TweakUI then do the following.
Open Regedit.exe
Navigate to Hkey_current_user\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer\Advanced
From the Edit menu, select New> String Value
Enter a name of EnableBalloonTips and press Enter
Set the value to 0 and click OK
Close Regedit.exe.
Done!

Regds
Geoff

 

[Keith Miller]

For "there are unused icons on your desktop", Display Properties -> 'Desktop' tab -> 'Customize
Desktop...' button -> clear the checkbox for "Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard...."

 

[Plato]

Does anyone know how you can switch off those irritating Taskbar
notification bubbles that always pop up when you start your pc/ laptop?
everytime l open my laptop it causes me no end of irritation to close them
all again!?

Perhaps?

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_balloontips.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307729