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Well I HAATE them, how in the way are they… huh?!?
So listen, I found a few places to disable SOME of the actual balloon tips, like in folders and on the desktop…but I want the ones I am refering to be disabled when I hover in my IE/favorites menu, on the taskbar/quick launch/system tray, and in msn messenger.
As if I need to be told what the little blue “e” is for EVERY time I go to click on it in my task bar. Or, or…”shown” what I can do with Outlook when all I really want to do is see the damn icon so I can open it. But instead I got this big *** yellow box in my way. MAKE IT STOP… ok then, I feel a little better.
So obviously I am not referring to the balloon tips in the "notificaton area" or the ones in folders... I stopped those already.
If ANYONE has a secret way to edit the registry or anything to make them stop I am sure a lot of us would really appreciate the knowledge, they are everywhere.. and for the competent user they are a huge annoyance.
Thank you!
Jen August 20, 2003