Guest rpurosky Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 I have a co-worker that can't stand the tooltips when she's in Open or Save As dialogs that gives file info. I know I have to use the Registry to remove them, but can't find where. Please help!
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: disable file information tooltips "Windows 2000" rpurosky <rpurosky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have a co-worker that can't stand the tooltips when she's in Open > or Save As dialogs that gives file info. I know I have to use the > Registry to remove them, but can't find where. Please help! See if http://tech-galaxy.tripod.com/common/tooltips.html helps, or try googling for "disable tooltips windows" or similar. Since you're using Win2k Pro, I suggest you post in a Win2k newsgroup for the most expert help, and provide more info as to your setup. You might want to consider using a news client, such as Forte Agent, Thunderbird, or even Outlook Express, rather than the pretty clunky web interface to the newsgroups. I's a lot easier to do nearly everything that way (including finding the individual groups). You can mark messages to be watched, filter the views so you can see replies to your posts easily, and search. The Microsoft public news server is msnews.microsoft.com and you can subscribe to as many groups as you like; no authentication is required. The following is from a post by MVP Malke ... ------------------------------------------------------- Here's information on Usenet and using a newsreader: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page3.html#12-09-02 - a brief explanation of newsgroups http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlo...ssnewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...wto/default.asp - Set Up Newsreader http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs. crossposting Some newsreaders for Windows http://www.forteinc.com/agent/index.php - for Forte http://www.mozilla.org (Thunderbird does newsgroups) http://gravity.tbates.org/ -------------------------------------
Guest Kelly Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Re: disable file information tooltips "Windows 2000" How To: Turn off the Balloon Tooltips and Pop-ups Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View/Advanced/Uncheck Popup Descriptions for Folder and Desktop Items. TweakUI/Taskbar/Uncheck Enable Balloon Tips http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp Or use this automated edit: Disable Balloon Tips or Disable All (Row 11) http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Disable All includes: Balloon Tips, Folder Contents Info Tips, Explorer Pop-Ups, Show Info Tips, Start Menu and Notification Area. To use the Regedit: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double click it and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in Notepad by right clicking on the file and selecting Edit. Related Registry entries: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced. "FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000000. Double click FolderContentsInfoTip and change the Value data to 0. To turn off Windows Explorer pop-ups: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\tips "Show"=dword:00000001. Double click Show and change the value data to 0. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced. In the right pane double click "ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000001 and change the ending (1) to (0). How To: Turn off Tooltips HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\StartButtonBalloonTip - values are from "2" to "1" or "0". Show Pop-up Descriptions for Explorer and Desktop Items This setting controls whether pop-up tool tip information and descriptions are shown when the mouse is hovered over desktop and explorer items. This edit excludes the Start Button. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'ShowInfoTip' and edit the value according to (0 = Disabled, 1 = Show Tool Tips). Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. How to Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips (Q307729): http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q307/7/29.ASP -- All the Best, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm Is it October already? Either way, Happy Birthday if today is your birthday! "rpurosky" <rpurosky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F4A7B442-5077-491F-A7D1-6E8154D07C04@microsoft.com... >I have a co-worker that can't stand the tooltips when she's in Open or Save > As dialogs that gives file info. I know I have to use the Registry to > remove > them, but can't find where. Please help!
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