ToolTips getting on my nerves.

[Andy_XP_Devotee]

Hi, again, everybody.

I've spent way too much time today trying to find the answer to this
question. I would REALLY appreciate somebody telling me how to do this.

I want to disable/turn off the Windows ToolTips. I used to have them off,
but I thought I'd give them a try again a few months ago. Some of them are
very handy, but most of them are just clutter, and a good handful of them
actually get in the way. So I'd like to turn them off again. But I cannot
remember how!

None of the Windows Help/Support/Knowledge Base info sources has had
anything about this. (WHEN is Microsoft going to wise up and let Google run
their Search programs! We'd all like Microsoft ever so much better
afterwards.)

Thank you VERY much,

Andy

 

[3c273]

I found this with Google. I'm not sure if this kills them all.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc
ed]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc
ed]
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips]
"Show"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc
ed]
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc
ed]
"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explor
er]
"NoSMBalloonTip"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advan
ced]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

Louis

 

[olfart]

Hi, again, everybody.

I've spent way too much time today trying to find the answer to this
question. I would REALLY appreciate somebody telling me how to do this.

I want to disable/turn off the Windows ToolTips. I used to have them off,
but I thought I'd give them a try again a few months ago. Some of them
are
very handy, but most of them are just clutter, and a good handful of them
actually get in the way. So I'd like to turn them off again. But I
cannot
remember how!

None of the Windows Help/Support/Knowledge Base info sources has had
anything about this. (WHEN is Microsoft going to wise up and let Google
run
their Search programs! We'd all like Microsoft ever so much better
afterwards.)

Thank you VERY much,

Andy

if you like Google...why don't you use it???
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=turn+off+tooltips+xp

 

[Andy_XP_Devotee]

Thank you, Louis. This is great.

But I'm positive I didn't have to fool with the Registry when I turned the
ToolTips off and then, later, back on. It was one of those times when I just
ticked some box that probably said "Hide/Show ToolTips" without ever thinking
that I'd never be able to find it again!

Still, the Google searching hasn't turned up anything as simple and direct
as what I was imagining, so now I'm really curious how the heck I did this.

I'll use your Registry changes if I can't find the tick box.

Thanks,

Andy

 

[Daave]

Hi, again, everybody.

I've spent way too much time today trying to find the answer to this
question. I would REALLY appreciate somebody telling me how to do
this.

I want to disable/turn off the Windows ToolTips. I used to have them
off,
but I thought I'd give them a try again a few months ago. Some of
them are
very handy, but most of them are just clutter, and a good handful of
them
actually get in the way. So I'd like to turn them off again. But I
cannot
remember how!

None of the Windows Help/Support/Knowledge Base info sources has had
anything about this. (WHEN is Microsoft going to wise up and let
Google run
their Search programs! We'd all like Microsoft ever so much better
afterwards.)

Go to http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/ .

Look in the left-hand column, number 11: "Disable All" (Balloon Tips)

Direct link:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/disableall.reg

Works like a charm.

 

[Andy_XP_Devotee]

You're right, Olf. I should use Google. My brother tells me the same
thing. I just don't yet have it quite all the way in my head that Google is
good for things like this.

When needing technical answers for Microsoft products would *seem* like the
MS Help & Support and Knowledge Databases would be light years ahead of
anything you might find via an all-purpose internet search engine like Google.

But Google wins, hands-down, everytime!

Thanks for the kick,

Andy

 

[Andy_XP_Devotee]

Daave, thanks for the link to Kelly's Korner. I found tons of good stuff
there.

And, yes, these are the registry changes needed. (They're the same ones
found through Google by Louis above, too.) Seems like this is the way to
go--I'm getting this from several different sources--so I just made the
changes and will re-start in a minute.

The darn thing was that I used Microsoft's Tweak UI to disable the Task Bar
Ballon Tips (which were, in fact, the most annoying bunch of pop-up tips).
But the Tweak UI didn't work. So I was happy to go ahead and get into the
Registry.

Thanks for your help here,

Andy

 

[Daave]

Daave, thanks for the link to Kelly's Korner. I found tons of good
stuff
there.

And, yes, these are the registry changes needed. (They're the same
ones
found through Google by Louis above, too.) Seems like this is the way
to
go--I'm getting this from several different sources--so I just made
the
changes and will re-start in a minute.

The darn thing was that I used Microsoft's Tweak UI to disable the
Task Bar
Ballon Tips (which were, in fact, the most annoying bunch of pop-up
tips).
But the Tweak UI didn't work. So I was happy to go ahead and get into
the
Registry.

Thanks for your help here,

You're welcome.

 

[Andy_XP_Devotee]

SOMETHING SEEMS SERIOUSLY ODD HERE.

Daave, Louis, maybe somebody else--you still around?

I changed the Registry values. Then re-booted my machine. And I *still*
had all the darn ToolTips. The Task Bar Balloon Tips, too.

So I checked the Registry to make sure I'd not missed anything. Everything
looked fine. The values that needed to be zeroed out all were.

So I did another re-boot. But I've still got all the darn ToolTips.

I'm kind of hoping that I'm missing something obvious here. I used Google
to find a couple of quick tutorials on Registry edits, and I'm not seeing
anything wrong or omitted.

Still, I'm betting that this is one of those cases where I left out
something so basic that everybody just assumed I'd done it.

Any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks,

Andy

 

[Daave]

SOMETHING SEEMS SERIOUSLY ODD HERE.

Daave, Louis, maybe somebody else--you still around?

I changed the Registry values. Then re-booted my machine. And I
*still*
had all the darn ToolTips. The Task Bar Balloon Tips, too.

So I checked the Registry to make sure I'd not missed anything.
Everything
looked fine. The values that needed to be zeroed out all were.

So I did another re-boot. But I've still got all the darn ToolTips.

I'm kind of hoping that I'm missing something obvious here. I used
Google
to find a couple of quick tutorials on Registry edits, and I'm not
seeing
anything wrong or omitted.

Still, I'm betting that this is one of those cases where I left out
something so basic that everybody just assumed I'd done it.

Any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks,

It sounds like you manually changed the registry. Perhaps something was
off. Did you download and double-click the .reg file from the site I
mentioned?

 

[Gary Brandenburg]

Have you tried: Control Panel/Folder Options & look at the last setting under the
*View* tab-"Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items"?

~Gary

 

[M.I.5¾]

Thank you, Louis. This is great.

But I'm positive I didn't have to fool with the Registry when I turned the
ToolTips off and then, later, back on. It was one of those times when I
just
ticked some box that probably said "Hide/Show ToolTips" without ever
thinking
that I'd never be able to find it again!

Still, the Google searching hasn't turned up anything as simple and direct
as what I was imagining, so now I'm really curious how the heck I did
this.

I'll use your Registry changes if I can't find the tick box.

You probably didn't. It is one of the options in TweakUI.

 

[Andy_XP_Devotee]

:

Have you tried: Control Panel/Folder Options & look at the last setting
under the
*View* tab-"Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items"?

~Gary



I checked that, Gary. I had it un-checked, so no luck there. I was
curious, though, and checked the box to see what I'd get. What I got was
MORE poppin' ToolTips! These were on the Start Menu items and some others.

But thanks for your note. I *am* getting a really good sense of where all
of the ToolTip controls are to be found. (As usual, they're scattered all
over the place, which is not an unusual approach for the folks at Microsoft.)

Andy

 

[Andy_XP_Devotee]

It sounds like you manually changed the registry. Perhaps something was
off. Did you download and double-click the .reg file from the site I
mentioned?

Yep. I've crossed-checked every detail. I've gone through the list you
linked from Kelly's site 3 times. But there has got to be something I'm
forgetting here. Maybe I'm too tired to see it right now.

Let me know if anything occurs to you. Your help would be put to good use
for sure!

Thanks,

Andy