Guest Michel Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 Hi all, At the moment I'm working on my new system. And there are a quite a few things I need to set before I'm happy with it. One of the things I hate is how XP handles ' and ". At the moment I need to follow it by pressing the space bar before the quote or double quote appears. But that´s not the question of this post. I´m wondering how I can disable the text balloons that pop up from the system tray? I dislike messages instructing me to press here to view/hide icons, and the like. At the same time, in the future I would like to develop a program that uses pop ups from the system tray. I gather that the program will not work when I've disabled the text balloons? So what do I need to do to enable them? (when different from what you need to do to disable them). TIA, Michel
Guest Rey Santos Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 RE: Disabling text balloons from system tray, and enabling them later Try Kelly's Tweak: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Line 11. Enable/Disable Balloon Tips To use the VBS Files: Download .vbs file and save it to your hard drive (you may want to right click and use Save Target As). Double click the vbs file. You will be prompted when the script is done. -- Rey "Michel" wrote: > Hi all, > > At the moment I'm working on my new system. And there are a quite a few > things I need to set before I'm happy with it. One of the things I hate is > how XP handles ' and ". At the moment I need to follow it by pressing the > space bar before the quote or double quote appears. But that´s not the > question of this post. > > I´m wondering how I can disable the text balloons that pop up from the > system tray? I dislike messages instructing me to press here to view/hide > icons, and the like. > > At the same time, in the future I would like to develop a program that uses > pop ups from the system tray. I gather that the program will not work when > I've disabled the text balloons? So what do I need to do to enable them? > (when different from what you need to do to disable them). > > TIA, > Michel
Guest spamlet Posted July 19, 2008 Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Disabling text balloons from system tray, and enabling them later Butting in... Would that also disable the hover over tips, or just the irritating 'just in case you didn't know your hard drive is working flat out trying to reconnect you we'll waste even more processor on this stupid message too', messages? I'd like to turn off the silly ones, but not the hover overs. Looks like another useful Kelly gizmo just the same. S "Rey Santos" <ReySantos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B5EBE6D7-2095-46FB-88B7-C1A59F8BD1CB@microsoft.com... > Try Kelly's Tweak: > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > Line 11. Enable/Disable Balloon Tips > > To use the VBS Files: Download .vbs file and save it to your hard drive > (you > may want to right click and use Save Target As). Double > click the vbs file. You will be prompted when the script is done. > > > -- > Rey > > > "Michel" wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> At the moment I'm working on my new system. And there are a quite a few >> things I need to set before I'm happy with it. One of the things I hate >> is >> how XP handles ' and ". At the moment I need to follow it by pressing the >> space bar before the quote or double quote appears. But that´s not the >> question of this post. >> >> I´m wondering how I can disable the text balloons that pop up from the >> system tray? I dislike messages instructing me to press here to view/hide >> icons, and the like. >> >> At the same time, in the future I would like to develop a program that >> uses >> pop ups from the system tray. I gather that the program will not work >> when >> I've disabled the text balloons? So what do I need to do to enable them? >> (when different from what you need to do to disable them). >> >> TIA, >> Michel
Guest Rey Santos Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: Disabling text balloons from system tray, and enabling them la Re: Disabling text balloons from system tray, and enabling them la Its suppose to disable the ones you call silly, this key: "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\EnableBalloonTips" Running the script the second time will undo the changes. (Enable /Disable) -- Rey "spamlet" wrote: > Butting in... > > Would that also disable the hover over tips, or just the irritating 'just in > case you didn't know your hard drive is working flat out trying to reconnect > you we'll waste even more processor on this stupid message too', messages? > > I'd like to turn off the silly ones, but not the hover overs. > Looks like another useful Kelly gizmo just the same. > > S > > > "Rey Santos" <ReySantos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:B5EBE6D7-2095-46FB-88B7-C1A59F8BD1CB@microsoft.com... > > Try Kelly's Tweak: > > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > > Line 11. Enable/Disable Balloon Tips > > > > To use the VBS Files: Download .vbs file and save it to your hard drive > > (you > > may want to right click and use Save Target As). Double > > click the vbs file. You will be prompted when the script is done. > > > > > > -- > > Rey > > > > > > "Michel" wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> At the moment I'm working on my new system. And there are a quite a few > >> things I need to set before I'm happy with it. One of the things I hate > >> is > >> how XP handles ' and ". At the moment I need to follow it by pressing the > >> space bar before the quote or double quote appears. But that´s not the > >> question of this post. > >> > >> I´m wondering how I can disable the text balloons that pop up from the > >> system tray? I dislike messages instructing me to press here to view/hide > >> icons, and the like. > >> > >> At the same time, in the future I would like to develop a program that > >> uses > >> pop ups from the system tray. I gather that the program will not work > >> when > >> I've disabled the text balloons? So what do I need to do to enable them? > >> (when different from what you need to do to disable them). > >> > >> TIA, > >> Michel > > >
Guest spamlet Posted July 22, 2008 Posted July 22, 2008 Re: Disabling text balloons from system tray, and enabling them la Re: Disabling text balloons from system tray, and enabling them la Cheers. Will do. Thanks S "Rey Santos" <ReySantos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:26CE4675-92D5-4483-86B8-05D8DD515D90@microsoft.com... > Its suppose to disable the ones you call silly, this key: > "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\EnableBalloonTips" > Running the script the second time will undo the changes. (Enable > /Disable) > > -- > Rey > > > "spamlet" wrote: > >> Butting in... >> >> Would that also disable the hover over tips, or just the irritating 'just >> in >> case you didn't know your hard drive is working flat out trying to >> reconnect >> you we'll waste even more processor on this stupid message too', >> messages? >> >> I'd like to turn off the silly ones, but not the hover overs. >> Looks like another useful Kelly gizmo just the same. >> >> S >> >> >> "Rey Santos" <ReySantos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:B5EBE6D7-2095-46FB-88B7-C1A59F8BD1CB@microsoft.com... >> > Try Kelly's Tweak: >> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm >> > Line 11. Enable/Disable Balloon Tips >> > >> > To use the VBS Files: Download .vbs file and save it to your hard drive >> > (you >> > may want to right click and use Save Target As). Double >> > click the vbs file. You will be prompted when the script is done. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Rey >> > >> > >> > "Michel" wrote: >> > >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> At the moment I'm working on my new system. And there are a quite a >> >> few >> >> things I need to set before I'm happy with it. One of the things I >> >> hate >> >> is >> >> how XP handles ' and ". At the moment I need to follow it by pressing >> >> the >> >> space bar before the quote or double quote appears. But that´s not the >> >> question of this post. >> >> >> >> I´m wondering how I can disable the text balloons that pop up from the >> >> system tray? I dislike messages instructing me to press here to >> >> view/hide >> >> icons, and the like. >> >> >> >> At the same time, in the future I would like to develop a program that >> >> uses >> >> pop ups from the system tray. I gather that the program will not work >> >> when >> >> I've disabled the text balloons? So what do I need to do to enable >> >> them? >> >> (when different from what you need to do to disable them). >> >> >> >> TIA, >> >> Michel >> >> >>
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