Re: [Geek]Disabling the "automatic updates are disabled" popup ...


"bof" <nothingread@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Got this from somewhere, don't recall where, disables /all the fucking
> balloons/ - forever:
>
> To Disable The Notification Area Balloon Tips
> Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
> problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
> Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from
> using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
> 1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.
> 2. Navigate to the following subkey:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Adva
> nced
> 3. Right-click the right pane, create a new DWORD value, and then
> name it EnableBalloonTips.
> 4. Double-click this new entry, and then give it a hexadecimal value
> of 0.
> 5. Quit Registry Editor. Log off Windows, and then log back on.
> These steps disable all Notification Area balloon tips for this user.
> There is no way to disable balloon tips for specific programs only.
>

You are my hero, I've been trying to get rid of those things for ages.
For my next move I will be removing Quicktime from the startup yet again.

Peter


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