Those Damn Yellow Boxes

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Johnny Martin

Does anyone know how to get rid of those damn yellow
boxes of text that pop up every time you place your mouse
over something. To see what I mean, place your mouse over
your Start button. Do you see the yellow box that
says "Click Here To Begin"? That's the thing I'd like to
get rid of. Any help would be greatly appreciated...John
 
What you are complaining about are called Baloon Tops and they ARE a real
pain.
Here's how to get rid of them.
Copy the following three lines to Notepad or some editor. Word is ok:
===============================================

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanc
ed]

"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000


================================================
Now save that file as "DiableBaloonTips.reg"
Double-click the saved file to execute.
Reboot.

This makes a change to your registry to tell XP not to use them. You may
want to be very safe and do an export of your entire registry with RegEdit
prior to doing anything that makes changes.

Regards,
Bill Stewart
Cape Coral, FL
 
Another way of doing it is throught TweakUI (downloadable from microsoft) if
you havnt already got it
 
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