New Machine...Part III...stupid help Captions

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mark4man

Hello agian...

On the new PC (XP Pro SP2)...on bootup...a halpful caption pops up adjacent
to the Start Button explaining what it does. I already know what the heck
it does. Also: same deal in the SysTray...when I connect to the internet, a
caption pops up there telling me my connection speed. Already know what
that is, as well.

Any way these things can be disabled?

Thanks
 
mark4man wrote:
> Hello agian...
>
> On the new PC (XP Pro SP2)...on bootup...a halpful caption pops up adjacent
> to the Start Button explaining what it does. I already know what the heck
> it does. Also: same deal in the SysTray...when I connect to the internet, a
> caption pops up there telling me my connection speed. Already know what
> that is, as well.
>
> Any way these things can be disabled?

There's no one place to turn off all of the tooltips. In Windows, use
Folder Options> View. Uncheck "show file size information in folder
tips" and "show popup descriptions for folder and desktop items."

Many applications have settings within their preferences/options menus
that control the display of tooltips within that program.

A Google Groups search netted the above by:

Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User

--
Joe =o)
 
Thanks, Sharon !!!

mark4man



"Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message
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> mark4man wrote:
>> Hello agian...
>>
>> On the new PC (XP Pro SP2)...on bootup...a halpful caption pops up
>> adjacent to the Start Button explaining what it does. I already know
>> what the heck it does. Also: same deal in the SysTray...when I connect
>> to the internet, a caption pops up there telling me my connection speed.
>> Already know what that is, as well.
>>
>> Any way these things can be disabled?
>
> There's no one place to turn off all of the tooltips. In Windows, use
> Folder Options> View. Uncheck "show file size information in folder tips"
> and "show popup descriptions for folder and desktop items."
>
> Many applications have settings within their preferences/options menus
> that control the display of tooltips within that program.
>
> A Google Groups search netted the above by:
>
> Sharon F
> MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
>
> --
> Joe =o)
 
Sharon...

That didn't work.

mark4man



"mark4man" <mw.forman@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:uWKt0C2PIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Thanks, Sharon !!!
>
> mark4man
>
>
>
> "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message
> news:OjGRg31PIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> mark4man wrote:
>>> Hello agian...
>>>
>>> On the new PC (XP Pro SP2)...on bootup...a halpful caption pops up
>>> adjacent to the Start Button explaining what it does. I already know
>>> what the heck it does. Also: same deal in the SysTray...when I connect
>>> to the internet, a caption pops up there telling me my connection speed.
>>> Already know what that is, as well.
>>>
>>> Any way these things can be disabled?
>>
>> There's no one place to turn off all of the tooltips. In Windows, use
>> Folder Options> View. Uncheck "show file size information in folder tips"
>> and "show popup descriptions for folder and desktop items."
>>
>> Many applications have settings within their preferences/options menus
>> that control the display of tooltips within that program.
>>
>> A Google Groups search netted the above by:
>>
>> Sharon F
>> MS MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
>>
>> --
>> Joe =o)
>
>
 
mark4man wrote:
> Sharon...
>
> That didn't work.
>
> mark4man
>
>
>
> "mark4man" <mw.forman@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:uWKt0C2PIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks, Sharon !!!
>>
>> mark4man
>>
>>
>>
>> "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:OjGRg31PIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> mark4man wrote:
>>>> Hello agian...
>>>>
>>>> On the new PC (XP Pro SP2)...on bootup...a helpful caption pops up
>>>> adjacent to the Start Button explaining what it does. I already know
>>>> what the heck it does. Also: same deal in the SysTray...when I connect
>>>> to the internet, a caption pops up there telling me my connection speed.
>>>> Already know what that is, as well.
>>>>
>>>> Any way these things can be disabled?
>>> There's no one place to turn off all of the tooltips. In Windows, use
>>> Folder Options> View. Uncheck "show file size information in folder tips"
>>> and "show popup descriptions for folder and desktop items."
>>>
>>> Many applications have settings within their preferences/options menus
>>> that control the display of tooltips within that program.

Here's a tip by Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User:

How to remove Balloon Tips:
The balloon tips can be disabled using Tweakui. Install Tweakui and go
to Task - Start menu, then uncheck “Enable balloon tips”.
Or here’s a script to Disable Balloon Tips
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_balloontips.htm

--
Joe =o)
 
Thanks, Elmo

mark4man



"Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message
news:upzd2a6PIHA.5208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
mark4man wrote:
> Sharon...
>
> That didn't work.
>
> mark4man
>
>
>
> "mark4man" <mw.forman@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:uWKt0C2PIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks, Sharon !!!
>>
>> mark4man
>>
>>
>>
>> "Elmo" <elmogeek@iglou.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:OjGRg31PIHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> mark4man wrote:
>>>> Hello agian...
>>>>
>>>> On the new PC (XP Pro SP2)...on bootup...a helpful caption pops up
>>>> adjacent to the Start Button explaining what it does. I already know
>>>> what the heck it does. Also: same deal in the SysTray...when I connect
>>>> to the internet, a caption pops up there telling me my connection
>>>> speed. Already know what that is, as well.
>>>>
>>>> Any way these things can be disabled?
>>> There's no one place to turn off all of the tooltips. In Windows, use
>>> Folder Options> View. Uncheck "show file size information in folder
>>> tips" and "show popup descriptions for folder and desktop items."
>>>
>>> Many applications have settings within their preferences/options menus
>>> that control the display of tooltips within that program.

Here's a tip by Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User:

How to remove Balloon Tips:
The balloon tips can be disabled using Tweakui. Install Tweakui and go
to Task - Start menu, then uncheck “Enable balloon tips”.
Or here’s a script to Disable Balloon Tips
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_balloontips.htm

--
Joe =o)
 

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