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Balloons appearing under Standby, Turnoff, Restart

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John Doue

Flightless Bird
I certainly did something to cause this, but now, I have a help balloon
appearing under the three Options that come up when I choose Turn Off
Computer in the Start Menu (XP, SP3).

They explain each of them.

No big deal, but I do not really need those explanations :).

How do I get rid of them? Must be simple, but where ?

Thanks
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John Doue
 
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SC Tom

Flightless Bird
"John Doue" <notwobe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uS5smbDxKHA.4636@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I certainly did something to cause this, but now, I have a help balloon
>appearing under the three Options that come up when I choose Turn Off
>Computer in the Start Menu (XP, SP3).
>
> They explain each of them.
>
> No big deal, but I do not really need those explanations :).
>
> How do I get rid of them? Must be simple, but where ?
>
> Thanks
> --
> John Doue


Do you mean that they stay there all the time, or just appear when you
mouse-over the buttons?
Are they still there after shutting down and restarting?
Check this link:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/51856-45-disable-balloon-tips-registry-modification
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SC Tom
 
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John Doue

Flightless Bird
Re: Balloons appearing under Standby, Turnoff, Restart. Solved.

On 3/15/2010 7:58 AM, John Doue wrote:
> I certainly did something to cause this, but now, I have a help balloon
> appearing under the three Options that come up when I choose Turn Off
> Computer in the Start Menu (XP, SP3).
>
> They explain each of them.
>
> No big deal, but I do not really need those explanations :).
>
> How do I get rid of them? Must be simple, but where ?
>
> Thanks


This issue has not raised a lot of interest but for those who might be
curious:

TweakUi, part of PowerTools, does have a settings for this (Taskbar,
Enable Balloon Tips) and it was not checked when I discovered the
problem. Which lead me to post the issue here.

Being frustrated at not finding any other setting to modify, I decided
to check this setting, apply it, and then uncheck it. This is a real old
trick, but it worked. Should have tried it before, but sometimes, one
overlooks the obvious and simplest.
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John Doue
 
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John Doue

Flightless Bird
Re: Balloons appearing under Standby, Turnoff, Restart. SolvedThnak

On 3/15/2010 1:05 PM, SC Tom wrote:
>
> "John Doue" <notwobe@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:uS5smbDxKHA.4636@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> I certainly did something to cause this, but now, I have a help
>> balloon appearing under the three Options that come up when I choose
>> Turn Off Computer in the Start Menu (XP, SP3).
>>
>> They explain each of them.
>>
>> No big deal, but I do not really need those explanations :).
>>
>> How do I get rid of them? Must be simple, but where ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> --
>> John Doue

>
> Do you mean that they stay there all the time, or just appear when you
> mouse-over the buttons?
> Are they still there after shutting down and restarting?
> Check this link:
> http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/51856-45-disable-balloon-tips-registry-modification
>

Thanks for the info. I saw you post after I had found the (rather, a)
solution on my own. The balloons were there only when mousing over. I
have no idea why they decided to appear, when I had worked on my machine
and changed a few things, so ...

Grateful for your reference, I'll keep in case I face the same issue
some other time.

Regards

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John Doue
 
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