Disable Balloon Tips in Windows XP

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  • Published on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified on Apr 20, 2004.
  • Last Modified by Wayne Maples.
  • Rated 4.2 out of 5 based on 114 votes.
You can disable those annoying balloon tips that keep popping up in Windows XP with the following Windows XP registry hack:

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Name: EnableBalloonTips
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0 disables tips

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