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JSI Tip 9662. Disable Windows XP reminder balloons.

I have previously documented:

How do I disable the Windows XP balloon tips?

How can I disable some Start Menu Balloon tips?

How do I suppress the Windows Tour prompt in Windows XP?

How do I configure the 'Highlight newly installed programs' option via the Windows XP registry?

Here are a few more:

To disable Start button balloon tips:  

    REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /V StartButtonBalloonTip /T REG_DWORD /F /D 0

To disable folder content information bubbles:

    REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /V FolderContentsInfoTip /T REG_DWORD /F /D 0

To disable popup descriptions for icons and folders:

    REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /V ShowInfoTip /T REG_DWORD /F /D 0

To disable reminder balloons above the Offline Files icon in the notification area:

    REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\NetCache" /V NoReminders /T REG_DWORD /F /D 1

To disable the reminder to apply for a Microsoft Passport:

    REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService" /V PassportBalloon /T REG_BINARY /F /D 0a000000



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