Balloons appearing under Standby, Turnoff, Restart

[John Doue]

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

 

[SC Tom]

"John Doue" 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

 

[John Doue]

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

 

[John Doue]

Balloons appearing under Standby, Turnoff, Restart. SolvedThnak

On 3/15/2010 1:05 PM, SC Tom wrote:

>

> "John Doue" 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