Disabling Windows XP Balloon PopUps


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While merrily working away on your Windows XP desktop, you might have noticed that every now and then you get pulled away from your work by a balloon tip popping up from the notification area of the taskbar (the space on the right-hand side where the System Tray is). After one too many notifications interrupted my concentration, I figured out how to turn those balloon pop-ups off. Here's how:

 

   1. Launch regedit.

   2. Open  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

   3. Create a REG_DWORD named EnableBalloonTips.

   4. Set the value data to 0.

   5. Close regedit.

   6. Reboot the computer.

 

Setting the value to 1 will turn the balloon tips back on if you decide you can't live without them