missing information bubble

Appologies if this has already been answered but I've looked everywhere and
can't find an answer.
I have lost the 'information bubble' that appears on the taskbar when, for
instance you go to 'safely remove hardware' there is a 'pop' sound and a
'bubble' appears saying that is is safe to remove drive X. That is just an
example but I get the same symptom with everthing like that. I get the sound
but no text.
I don't remember when this happened and I can't remember it happening
before. I am running XP SP2. Please can someone help.

Kelly
Sat May 10 12:54:34 PDT 2008

See if this helps:

Suggestions:

1. Go to Start/All Programs: Hover over any program listed, right click
and select Sort by Name. Repeat once more.

2. Right-click the Taskbar/Properties, uncheck: Keep the taskbar on top of
other windows, apply/ok... Revert.


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


"Andrew Ridge" <a.ridge@merseymail.com> wrote in message
news:D722B26A-F692-4EC3-A5B0-042F22AB123D@microsoft.com...
> Appologies if this has already been answered but I've looked everywhere
> and
> can't find an answer.
> I have lost the 'information bubble' that appears on the taskbar when, for
> instance you go to 'safely remove hardware' there is a 'pop' sound and a
> 'bubble' appears saying that is is safe to remove drive X. That is just an
> example but I get the same symptom with everthing like that. I get the
> sound
> but no text.
> I don't remember when this happened and I can't remember it happening
> before. I am running XP SP2. Please can someone help.
>
>

Nepatsfan
Sat May 10 13:30:46 PDT 2008

"Andrew Ridge" <a.ridge@merseymail.com> wrote in message
news:D722B26A-F692-4EC3-A5B0-042F22AB123D@microsoft.com...
> Appologies if this has already been answered but I've looked everywhere and
> can't find an answer.
> I have lost the 'information bubble' that appears on the taskbar when, for
> instance you go to 'safely remove hardware' there is a 'pop' sound and a
> 'bubble' appears saying that is is safe to remove drive X. That is just an
> example but I get the same symptom with everthing like that. I get the sound
> but no text.
> I don't remember when this happened and I can't remember it happening
> before. I am running XP SP2. Please can someone help.
>
>

Here are a couple of options that you might want to try.

1. Download and install TweakUI from Microsoft. TweakUI is available here.

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.
In TweakUI, click on Taskbar and Start Menu.
In the right hand pane, put a check mark in the box next to "Enable balloon
tips".
Click OK.

2. Run the script on line 11, left hand column from this web site.

Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP
Enable/Disable Balloon Tips
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan