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Article ID: 307729 View products that this article applies to.
Problem description
You want to prevent balloon tips from being displayed in the notification area. This article helps you do this.
Note The steps in this article disable all balloon tips in the notification area for this computer. You cannot disable balloon tips only for specific programs.
To have us fix this problem for you, go to the Fix it for me section. If youd rather fix this problem yourself, go to the Let me fix it myself section.
Fix it for me
To fix this problem automatically, click the Fix this problem link. Then, click Run in the File Download dialog box, and then follow the steps in this wizard.
Rightclick the right side pane, create a new DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips.
Doubleclick EnableBalloonTips, and then give it a value of 0.
Close Registry Editor.
Log off Windows, and then log back on.
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References
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
282962 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282962/ Balloon tips are not read by Narrator Accessibility Tool
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Article ID: 307729 Last Review: May 22, 2013 Revision: 9.0
Applies to
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Windows Vista Enterprise 64bit Edition
Windows Vista Home Basic 64bit Edition
Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit Edition
Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit Edition
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business 64bit Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition 32Bit x86
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition 32Bit x86
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition 32bit x86
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition 32bit x86
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for ItaniumBased Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition 32bit x86
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itaniumbased Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 32bit x86
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without HyperV
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without HyperV
Windows Server 2008 for ItaniumBased Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 Standard without HyperV
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
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