Informational Balloons on Taskbar and in Systray

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A Baffled User wrote:

> Running Windows XP Home SP2 on a new HP Pavilion Notebook with 512 MB
> RAM and 40 GB hard drive.
>
> How do I get rid of the balloons that appear whenever my cursor lands
> on a quick launch button (such as Netscape, Word, etc.) on the Windows
> taskbar? These balloons tell me what program the icon stands for,
> which I already know. I find them annoying.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joan

Go to MVP Kelly Theriot's website here:

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

Scroll down to Item 11 on the left side.

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

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Great, Malke. Thank you!

Joan

"Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
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>A Baffled User wrote:
>
>> Running Windows XP Home SP2 on a new HP Pavilion Notebook with 512 MB
>> RAM and 40 GB hard drive.
>>
>> How do I get rid of the balloons that appear whenever my cursor lands
>> on a quick launch button (such as Netscape, Word, etc.) on the Windows
>> taskbar? These balloons tell me what program the icon stands for,
>> which I already know. I find them annoying.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Joan
>
> Go to MVP Kelly Theriot's website here:
>
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
>
> Scroll down to Item 11 on the left side.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic"