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"Michael T" <anonymous@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:uhv4TSBjFHA.2644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Do you have a System Restore Point that you feel comfortable returning to?
Yes...why wouldn't I. You only have to go back a couple of days or so.
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> Once you get your balloons (or Tool Tips) back, you may want to look at
> the option to hide items in the notification area.
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> 1) Rt. click taskbar and select Properties.
> 2) Select "Hide inactive icons" and click the Customize button.
Patrick...the balloon tips have nothing to do with the little icons near the
clock in the icon tray or task bar. The balloon tip I'm talking about is a
1"x4" yellow rectangle that pops up when you get connected to your ISP and
it tells you what speed you are connected at, and it won't go away until I
click it off. There are also the AT&T little icons in the icon tray (that
give you connection speed and other info when you point to them but that has
nothing to do with balloon tips) when you connect, but that is normal, along
with my spy sweeper, speaker and norton icon. I have the rest of them
hidden, and I know all about customizing the task bar.
I thought you knew what I was talking about, but I guess not. The balloon
tips also show up when you turn off your computer and point to the "turn
off" or "restart" button. Anyway the little 155 byte download from Kelley
wiped them all out. I thought it would only do the notification area which
is the area in the lower right side of the screen in way of the icon tray (I
thought). I asked you this in my both my previous messages and you didn't
answer.
Now that they are all gone, I probably won't get my windows update notices
either (I can't remember if that is a balloon tip or just one of the regular
little yellow boxes - anyway the little security shield for the windows
update should still go in the icon tray and I could see that - plus it makes
a little pop noise). Maybe I will do a system restore. I'll have to think
about it. The balloon tips can be useful I guess (ie they describe certain
things when you point to them (I"m not talking about the little rectangles
that have been around for years that tell you what something is in a tool
bar or something of that nature). Balloon tips came out with XP (at least
that is my understanding), and I'm not sure how many things they are
associated with besides the two instances I mentioned.
You didn't tell me how to get them back without doing a system restore, so I
guess you don't know. Obviously, I would have to go into the registry and
put back something that I know nothing about, so the system restore is the
only way, unless I could get the registry command. Take care...Pete
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> "Pete" <petesworkshop@nospam.att.net> wrote in message
> news:ODBBf9AjFHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Michael...cancel part of my last message. Changing the registry did wipe
>> out the other balloon tips also. I will probably leave them deleted,
>> but how would I get them back without doing a system restore...Pete
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