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How do I disable balloon tips in the notification area in Windows XP or Vista?

Wednesday, 23 June 2010 16:39 by Alexandr.Skripnik

To disable balloon tips in the notification area, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.

2. Locate the following subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

3. Right-click the right side pane, create a new DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips.

4. Double-click EnableBalloonTips, and then give it a value of 0.

5. Close Registry Editor.

6. Log off Windows, and then log back on.

Tags:		notification area, baloons, windows
Categories:		Windows \| Tips&Tricks

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