XP SP2: Annoying balloon-help regarding "Wireless is not connected"

[James Hugard]

I upgraded my primary development system (notebook) with XP SP2 a couple of
days ago.



Ever since, when I am at work and have the wireless adapter radio disabled,
I receive a very annoying balloon-help on the task bar informing me - every
few minutes - that "*Wireless Network Connection is not connected* Wireless
network unavailable" It pops up for a few seconds, then goes away. All...
day... long. Over... and... over... again. Very distracting.



Unfortunately, I *cannot* just leave the radio on. Aside from any security
risks, even if I tell Windows to NOT connect to the open network at the
business next-door by using <Disconnect> from "View available wireless
networks" and further unchecking "Connect when this network is in range"
from the advanced properties tab, this results in exactly the same annoying
problem as above, only with a different message: "*Wireless networks
detected* One or more of your preferred networks are in range. To see the
list and connect to a network, click this message."



Sure, I could disable the wireless adapter. However, this is extremely
inconvenient because - like almost all notebooks with a built-in wireless
adapter - I can turn the radio on and off with a hotkey (or a switch). When
I get to work, I turn the radio off. When I go home, I turn it on.
Sometimes, when I'm in a meeting and the hub is full, I leach from the
connection next-door (after cranking up the firewall).



Unchecking the "Notify me when this connection has limited or no
connectivity" and rebooting does not seem to have changed anything.



How do I disable this very annoying balloon-help message? Please?



JH

 

[Guest]

I upgraded my primary development system (notebook) with XP SP2 a couple of
days ago.



Ever since, when I am at work and have the wireless adapter radio disabled,
I receive a very annoying balloon-help on the task bar informing me - every
few minutes - that "*Wireless Network Connection is not connected* Wireless
network unavailable" It pops up for a few seconds, then goes away. All...
day... long. Over... and... over... again. Very distracting.



Unfortunately, I *cannot* just leave the radio on. Aside from any security
risks, even if I tell Windows to NOT connect to the open network at the
business next-door by using <Disconnect> from "View available wireless
networks" and further unchecking "Connect when this network is in range"
from the advanced properties tab, this results in exactly the same annoying
problem as above, only with a different message: "*Wireless networks
detected* One or more of your preferred networks are in range. To see the
list and connect to a network, click this message."



Sure, I could disable the wireless adapter. However, this is extremely
inconvenient because - like almost all notebooks with a built-in wireless
adapter - I can turn the radio on and off with a hotkey (or a switch). When
I get to work, I turn the radio off. When I go home, I turn it on.
Sometimes, when I'm in a meeting and the hub is full, I leach from the
connection next-door (after cranking up the firewall).



Unchecking the "Notify me when this connection has limited or no
connectivity" and rebooting does not seem to have changed anything.



How do I disable this very annoying balloon-help message? Please?



JH

Hi James
Below is a posable solv
Go to network Connections

Right click on your Wireless Network connection
Open the properties box
Click Wireless Networks
In the Automatic box all networks available are shown
You can Remove OR
hilight the NUNCE connection
hit properties for that connection
hit the connection tab and uncheck the connect box

 

[James Hugard]

Right click on your Wireless Network connection
Open the properties box
Click Wireless Networks
In the Automatic box all networks available are shown
You can Remove OR
hilight the NUNCE connection
hit properties for that connection
hit the connection tab and uncheck the connect box

Hi Ben:

As stated in my original post, I have already done this and it does not
work.

JH

 

[raymond]

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm

Search for disable balloon tips.

 

[James Hugard]

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm

Search for disable balloon tips.

Thanks raymond. This appears to have done the trick, but at the expense of
ALL balloon tips, some of which I actually do find useful.

Hopefully, Microsoft will fix this bug in the next patch or two.

JH

 

[raymond]

I know you said you had "disabled" the wireless adaptor, but did you do that
in device manager? If not, you could set up two hardware profiles - one for
home and one for work - with the wireless adapter disabled in the latter.

For hardware profiles and device manager go to control panel | system |
hardware.