When I shutdown my PC, a balloon popup now appears telling me what each
option means (Turn off, Restart, StandBy). This didn't appear before.
How do I disable these balloons?

Re: Turn Off PC Balloons? by Nepatsfan

Nepatsfan
Sat Jul 19 14:28:19 PDT 2008

"Tom Pamin" <scnrfrq@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:OA5sEid6IHA.4352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> When I shutdown my PC, a balloon popup now appears telling me what each option
> means (Turn off, Restart, StandBy). This didn't appear before. How do I
> disable these balloons?


Take a look at the first few sites listed in this Google search.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=disable+balloon+tips&spell=1

Keep in mind that you may have to log off and back on for the change to take
place.

You can also disable Balloon Tips through TweakUI from Microsoft.

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Direct Download of TweakUI
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Once the program is installed, go to Start -> All Programs ->
Powertoys for Windows XP -> TweakUI.
Click on Taskbar and Start menu in the right hand column.
Remove the check mark from the box next to Enable balloon tips.
Click OK.

Good luck

Nepatsfan



Re: Turn Off PC Balloons? by Tom

Tom
Sat Jul 19 16:56:32 PDT 2008

Thanks - I have Tweakui and I used it to solve the problem.

Nepatsfan wrote:
> "Tom Pamin" <scnrfrq@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:OA5sEid6IHA.4352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> When I shutdown my PC, a balloon popup now appears telling me what each option
>> means (Turn off, Restart, StandBy). This didn't appear before. How do I
>> disable these balloons?
>
>
> Take a look at the first few sites listed in this Google search.
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=disable+balloon+tips&spell=1
>
> Keep in mind that you may have to log off and back on for the change to take
> place.
>
> You can also disable Balloon Tips through TweakUI from Microsoft.
>
> Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>
> Direct Download of TweakUI
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
>
> Once the program is installed, go to Start -> All Programs ->
> Powertoys for Windows XP -> TweakUI.
> Click on Taskbar and Start menu in the right hand column.
> Remove the check mark from the box next to Enable balloon tips.
> Click OK.
>
> Good luck
>
> Nepatsfan
>
>

Re: Turn Off PC Balloons? by Nepatsfan

Nepatsfan
Sat Jul 19 17:10:10 PDT 2008

You're welcome. Thanks for letting us know you were able to fix this problem.

Nepatsfan

"Tom Pamin" <scnrfrq@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:ePUdSsf6IHA.4352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks - I have Tweakui and I used it to solve the problem.
>
> Nepatsfan wrote:
>> "Tom Pamin" <scnrfrq@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
>> news:OA5sEid6IHA.4352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> When I shutdown my PC, a balloon popup now appears telling me what each
>>> option means (Turn off, Restart, StandBy). This didn't appear before. How do
>>> I disable these balloons?
>>
>>
>> Take a look at the first few sites listed in this Google search.
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=disable+balloon+tips&spell=1
>>
>> Keep in mind that you may have to log off and back on for the change to take
>> place.
>>
>> You can also disable Balloon Tips through TweakUI from Microsoft.
>>
>> Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>>
>> Direct Download of TweakUI
>> http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
>>
>> Once the program is installed, go to Start -> All Programs ->
>> Powertoys for Windows XP -> TweakUI.
>> Click on Taskbar and Start menu in the right hand column.
>> Remove the check mark from the box next to Enable balloon tips.
>> Click OK.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>