Tips Universe

Annoyed by the balloon tips that pop up in the taskbar in Windows XP? Well you can stop them with a registry hack!

Note: ALWAYS backup the registry BEFORE making changes.

1. Click Start -> Run

2. In the Run dialog box type regedit

3. The Registry Editor will appear.

4. Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

5. Right Click an empty section of the Registry Editor and select New –>DWORD Value

6. Type EnableBalloonTips. Hit Enter

7. Right click the EnableBalloonTips DWORD Value and select Modify.

8. Give it a value of 0.

Now no more annoying Balloon Tips!