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    winxp bubbles

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by azntiger1000, Aug 18, 2005.

  1. azntiger1000

    azntiger1000 Notebook Deity

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    hey i have a question...(if this is in the wrong section of the thread sorry)

    well everytime when i turn on my laptop, it tell me that my wireless abg is turned off and i know that. but does it have to remind me every single time i turn on the computer? is there a way to turn off all microsoft bubbles. cuz its really annoying. they dont even dissappear unless you click on the tiny little x. the x is even worse if the resolution is on high x.x
     
    azntiger1000, Aug 18, 2005
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  2. Spare Tire

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    I too would want to know, truely annoying.
     
    Spare Tire, Aug 18, 2005
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  3. Brian

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    Yeah, there's a registry edit for this but it will disable all balloons...

    Open the run window and type "regedit"

    Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Software --> Microsoft --> Windows --> CurrentVersion --> Explorer --> Advanced

    Create a new dword, title it "EnableBalloonTips" and set the value to 0, which is the default.

    I believe a reboot is needed after you do this.
     
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  4. azntiger1000

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    hell yea! its gone. shoot thx man. stupid windows keep reminding me everyday and i couldnt take it anymore. thx again. :cool:
     
    azntiger1000, Aug 18, 2005
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  5. LuckMC11

    LuckMC11 Computer Extraoirdinaire NBR Reviewer

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    yea...thanks brian!!!!!...do u know any other regedit things that could be useful for like anything at all??
     
    LuckMC11, Aug 18, 2005
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    i know on my wireless driver there is an option to just not display balloons, so when you dont you can have all the balloon tips you want from other progs but wifi is out, ill post hwat prog i use in a bit
     
    HumanTorch, Aug 18, 2005
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  7. Brian

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    There are thousands of them...I don't do much of this but there are several sites dedicated to tweaks.
     
    Brian, Aug 18, 2005
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  8. LuckMC11

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    ok...thanks again Brian :D
     
    LuckMC11, Aug 18, 2005
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    Download Powertoys from Microsoft. There are lots of good tweaks there.
     
    ZaZ, Aug 18, 2005
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  10. azntiger1000

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    yea seriously thx.
     
    azntiger1000, Aug 18, 2005
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  11. TriviallyTravis

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    Is there any way to just turn off balloons specific to certain programs? I like to have some of them, but I don't need CHC to tell me every time I put in or take out a DVD, ya know?
     
    TriviallyTravis, Aug 19, 2005
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  12. LuckMC11

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    what do u mean??...that doesn't happen to me... :confused: :confused:
     
    LuckMC11, Aug 19, 2005
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  13. TriviallyTravis

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    Every time I put in or take out a DVD, CHC tells me that there's a new profile or something. Maybe it's a WinDVD thing, I don't know... I honestly haven't looked at it too closely, but it's makin' me nuts.
     
    TriviallyTravis, Aug 19, 2005
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    Theres one wonderful tool called Group Policy Editor. Open the "Run" from Start Menu and type "gpedit.msc".

    You have lot of things more flexible to use than the "regedit". "regedit" is more a computer thing but "gpedit.msc" is more a human thing.

    Check it out..
     
    cewlz4u, Aug 19, 2005
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  15. LuckMC11

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    nothing opens..it says that it's an invalid command...
     
    LuckMC11, Aug 19, 2005
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    Are you using Win XP Home or Pro? Group policy editor is only available in Pro.
     
    miner, Aug 19, 2005
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  17. LuckMC11

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    oo..i never knew that..yea..i'm using Win XP Home :( ...ooo well
     
    LuckMC11, Aug 19, 2005
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    Is there any way to change how long the bubbles pop up? It's nice getting these notifications, but once I get the message, I don't need it living on my screen forever, and it's really annoying having to manually close them. I don't want to turn them off completely, but can I make them just pop up for, say 10 seconds and then go away?
     
    barong, Aug 20, 2005
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  19. Brian

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    Not that I know of.
     
    Brian, Aug 20, 2005
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  20. azntiger1000

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    oh thats a good idea. i'm going to try searching if there is any tweak things out there that can actually do that
     
    azntiger1000, Aug 20, 2005
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