Stop Bubble Popups, how

[AnthonyG]

Can someone please show me how to stop those annoying bubble popups from applications running on the task bar. I am really sick of them.

Thanks

[dog]

I think Tweak UI from M$ has the ability to disable them

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Steve

[AnthonyG]

Thanks but how do i use it,. i cant find where the program has installed to.

[dog]

There should be a folder (Powertoys for Windows XP) in 'all programs' under the start menu. ;)

or navigate to /Windows/System32 - where it's located.

or do a search for Tweakui.exe

HTH,

Steve

[dog]

Also - there is usually a way to disable those 'balloon alerts' from within whatever program you have an issue with

[G-Force]

Runbox > tweakui ....TechNet (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307729&sd=tech), VBScript (http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_balloontips.htm).

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[GlobalForce]

Likewise,

You could export the corresponding entry in the registry by a simple copy/paste of this line into your runbox ....
regedit /e c:\balloontips.txt "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced"

Go back to your runbox, type < c:\ > enter .... find/open balloontips.txt in Notepad and add on it's own line ....
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000 .... doesn't matter where in the lineup (1 is enabled.).

Save as DisableBalloonTips.reg > all files. Now remerge that file by double-clicking or right click > merge.
If memory serves correct, you'll need to re-boot for the changes to take place.

Special thanks to Pieter Arntz for this registry "export" lesson! 8)


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