I'm finally getting used to my new XP, but I'm constantly annoyed by those pesky balloons. Every day when I shut down, there they are in the shutdown window. Everytime I load or update a file on a flash drive, I get balloon reminders that "A file is waiting to be written to the CD." This. of course, is not true and eventually the balloon goes away until the next time I write to the flash drive. I can't find anything in Help about balloons. Please advise.
Roulette

Open Folder Options in Control Panel.
Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
Double-click Folder Options
.
On the View tab, select the Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items check box.

These directions are to start the pop ups just do the opposite.

That was the first thing I thought of, GRS, and my pop-up box is not checked. The problem is that these are not pop-ups. Although they do pop up, they are balloons -- like what you see above the head of a cartoon character. When you uncheck your pop-up box, do the balloons in the shutdown window go away? I don't think so. Thanks for trying, however.
Roulette

I think if you are using a program like nero you can go into services and shut of Imapi CD burning Service. Not sure if ths will help but it can't hurt.

I'm sorry, GRS, but I don't understand what Nero has to do with XP balloons.

If your not using the built in burning abilities of XP you can shut it off, Your balloons seem to be coming from that service. Not just nero, any outside burning program.

Roulette,
give this a try. If it does not work, you can change it back. Let us know.

Kenneth

Go to Start > Run; type regedit and press Enter.
In the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced
Create a new DWORD value by going to Edit > New > DWORD Value. Name it EnableBalloonTips and give it value 0.
Exit the Registry Editor.
Log off Windows and login again to see your changes take effect.
To re-activate balloon notifications, change the value of EnableBalloonTips to 1.

I see. But I was just using that as an example. It's not the message that I'm trying to get rid of, it's the balloons. For instance, if I shut off XP's burning abilities, I'll still get the dumb balloons in the shutdown window, and at other times, as well. I have yet to see a balloon that gives me useful information.

Here is a link for TweakUI. It will get rid of the balloons that you are talking about, or I guess I should say, I think they're the balloons that you are talking about.

Click to view attachment

Thanks, Woodworker, it's an ingenious solution, but adding a line to the registry seems a little extreme to get rid of an annoyance.

Instead, I went with Smokey's solution. I downloaded Tweak IU and it worked perfectly. Thanks a lot, you guys always come through.

Roulette

MY COMPUTER>TOOLS>FOLDER OPTIONS>VIEW and uncheck SHOW POPUP Balloons


BootLIST 018 XP
Date: 3/13/2002 4:22:59 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: efj@1stconnect.com

Disable Annoying XP Balloons

la asks - How can I disable those annoying popup messages that
appear on the taskbar near the clock?

Mhzjunkie says:
There's an option to disable the pop up's in Power Toys for Windows
XP.

Jabez G. suggests: Try:


http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_balloontips.htm





© Doug Knox - 02/06/2002
This code may be freely distributed/modified.
This VB Script will add Disable Windows® XP's Balloon Tips.
To use: Download the xp_balloontips.vbs file and save it to your hard drive (you may want to right click and use Save Target As). Double-click xp_balloontips.vbs file. You will be prompted when the changes have been completed. This script can be viewed in Notepad or any text editor, as to the specific Registry key and value that are updated.




Here's what I've found for question no. 3:

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_t.htm
Windows XP from A to Z
The T Page



Tool Tips - Disable

Disable Tool Tips - Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced. Modify or create, "ShowInfoTip" and set the Value to 0. To restore set the Value to 1. This edit excludes the Start Button.

Disable Balloon Tips - Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced. Modify or create, "EnableBalloonTips" and set the Value to 0. To restore set the Value to 1.