How to disable the balloon tips in Windows XP

by Ross McKillop on April 15, 2008

This brief tutorial will show you how to disable the annoying “balloon tips” in Windows XP.

windows xp balloon tips

Click the Start button and select Run. Enter regedit in the space provided, and click OK

windows run dialog box with regedit

Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

windows xp registry editor
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Double click the ShowInfoTip entry and change its value from 1 to 0. Click OK and then close the registry editor.

windows run dialog box with regedit

Now sign out of Windows and sign back in. Ta-da! No more annoying balloon tips. If you ever want to revert back, repeat the above instructions but replace 0 with 1.

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1 Colin 04.17.08 at 7:31 pm: Tooltips never bother me that much, but the actual balloon tips in the XP notification area? “Take a tour of Windows XP!” Those drive me nuts:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307729

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