I dont have #$%#$ new programs installed!

[tRiXtA]

I was doing some tweaking in my win xp pro sp1 OS and everytime press the start button in the bottom left corner, the "all programs" thing says i have new installed programs... any ideas on how to make this insanity stop before i rip my hair out??

Rob

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[DaveP]

Are you talking about a balloon pop up, or how they are a different color.

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[Rubberbband]

Go get the Windows XP power toys from Microsoft's website. Then run Tweak UI (onw of the toys). It has all kinds of useful tweaks one of which is disabling the pop up balloons that tell you all kinds of useless info. Basically Tweak UI is a registry modifier that allows users with no experience using regedit to modify their registry safely and easily.

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[tRiXtA]

yes it is a balloon pop up
its a cream / yellow color
its also annoying as hell

<b>The pentium 2 I once adored is dead! Long live my barton savagely ripping 1306 fps in soldier of fortune!!! </b>

 

[DaveP]

This how I got rid of them, <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307729" target="_new">Microsoft Link</A>.
Or you can use <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp" target="_new">TweakUI</A> from MS, as Rubberband said.

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