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[AndyGroom]

Hi,

Is there a way to turn off the balloon that appears whenever a dial-up connection is activated?

- Andy.

- Andy
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[Tezzie]

Might work....


PSS ID Number: Q307729
Article last modified on 06-11-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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- SUMMARY

- To Disable The Notification Area Balloon Tips

- REFERENCES

SUMMARY
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This article explains how to disable Notification Area balloon tips.

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before
you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you
understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information
about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following
article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

To Disable The Notification Area Balloon Tips
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1. Click Start, click Run, type "regedit" (without the quotation marks), and
then press ENTER.

2. Navigate to the following subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

3. Right-click the right pane, create a new DWORD value, and then name it
"EnableBalloonTips" (without the quotation marks).

4. Double-click this new entry, and then give it a hexadecimal value of 0.

5. Quit Registry Editor. Log off Windows, and then log back on.

These steps disable all Notification Area balloon tips for this user. There is no
way to disable balloon tips for specific programs only.

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WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems
that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor
incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For more information, see the following article:

Q279771 Description of Notification Area Settings

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Tez

Women are like computers, you have to press a button to turn them on.

 

[AndyGroom]

Thanks, that works fine!

- Andy
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"On a clear disk you can seek forever"