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Old April 25th 03, 04:52 AM
John
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Maybee this is a stupid question but how do you turn off
those stupid popup info reminders at the bottom of the
screen. If I want to know my connection speed I will
click on the connection icon. They popup and wont go away
till you x them out.
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Old April 25th 03, 04:56 AM
Jim Macklin
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Windows PowerToys for XP, TweakUI

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp


"John" wrote in message
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| Maybee this is a stupid question but how do you turn off
| those stupid popup info reminders at the bottom of the
| screen. If I want to know my connection speed I will
| click on the connection icon. They popup and wont go away
| till you x them out.


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Old April 25th 03, 04:56 AM
Jim Macklin
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Windows PowerToys for XP, TweakUI

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp


"John" wrote in message
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| Maybee this is a stupid question but how do you turn off
| those stupid popup info reminders at the bottom of the
| screen. If I want to know my connection speed I will
| click on the connection icon. They popup and wont go away
| till you x them out.


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Old April 25th 03, 05:45 AM
Kelly
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Hi John,

How To: Turn off the Balloon Tooltips and Pop-ups

Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View/Advanced/Uncheck Popup
Descriptions for Folder and Desktop Items.

TweakUI/Taskbar/Uncheck Enable Balloon Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp

Or use this automated edit:

Disable Balloon Tips or Disable All (Row 11)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable All includes: Balloon Tips, Folder Contents Info Tips, Explorer
Pop-Ups and Show Info Tips.

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

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All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm


"John" wrote in message
...
Maybee this is a stupid question but how do you turn off
those stupid popup info reminders at the bottom of the
screen. If I want to know my connection speed I will
click on the connection icon. They popup and wont go away
till you x them out.


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Old April 25th 03, 05:45 AM
Kelly
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Default real basic question

Hi John,

How To: Turn off the Balloon Tooltips and Pop-ups

Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View/Advanced/Uncheck Popup
Descriptions for Folder and Desktop Items.

TweakUI/Taskbar/Uncheck Enable Balloon Tips
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp

Or use this automated edit:

Disable Balloon Tips or Disable All (Row 11)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable All includes: Balloon Tips, Folder Contents Info Tips, Explorer
Pop-Ups and Show Info Tips.

To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it
and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by
right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm


"John" wrote in message
...
Maybee this is a stupid question but how do you turn off
those stupid popup info reminders at the bottom of the
screen. If I want to know my connection speed I will
click on the connection icon. They popup and wont go away
till you x them out.


 




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