Balloon tips not appearing for one user

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Noozer

On my Windows XP MCE 2005 PC I cannot get the balloon tips to work. They
ONLY work on the Close, Maximize and Minimize buttons.

Tooltips are not appearing as expected for:
- File or folder icons
- The icons in the system tray
- The start button or start menu
- In IE7 on images or links
- The explorer tool bar

If I log in as a different user the tips come up normally.

I've Googled many times, tweaked all the registry settings that I can find,
plodded through the Group Policy Editor and messed around with TweakUI.
STILL no change.

: (

Can someone lend a hand as to WHY the tooltips aren't working and how I
could correct this?
 
"Noozer" wrote:

> On my Windows XP MCE 2005 PC I cannot get the balloon tips to work. They
> ONLY work on the Close, Maximize and Minimize buttons.
>
> Tooltips are not appearing as expected for:
> - File or folder icons
> - The icons in the system tray
> - The start button or start menu
> - In IE7 on images or links
> - The explorer tool bar
>
> If I log in as a different user the tips come up normally.
>
> I've Googled many times, tweaked all the registry settings that I can find,
> plodded through the Group Policy Editor and messed around with TweakUI.
> STILL no change.
>
> : (
>
> Can someone lend a hand as to WHY the tooltips aren't working and how I
> could correct this?

Log with this user account and make sure these are set correct:
On the IE Properties click on Advanced and scroll to this option and check
it:
[ ] Show Friendly URL.
Close and see if that will help.

or Folder Options >> View and scroll down to this check box and check it:
[ ] Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items.

Or by using the tweakui:
Microsoft PowerToys - Tweakui for WinXP: Ver. 2.10 requires WinXP SP1
and later
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/home/downloads/powertoys.asp
HTH.
nass
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Hello,

Try the fix from Kelly's site
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
(Line 11, left)

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"Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message
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> On my Windows XP MCE 2005 PC I cannot get the balloon tips to work. They
> ONLY work on the Close, Maximize and Minimize buttons.
>
> Tooltips are not appearing as expected for:
> - File or folder icons
> - The icons in the system tray
> - The start button or start menu
> - In IE7 on images or links
> - The explorer tool bar
>
> If I log in as a different user the tips come up normally.
>
> I've Googled many times, tweaked all the registry settings that I can
> find, plodded through the Group Policy Editor and messed around with
> TweakUI. STILL no change.
>
> : (
>
> Can someone lend a hand as to WHY the tooltips aren't working and how I
> could correct this?
>
 
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