To disable the Windows XP Notification Area balloon tips: 1. Use the registry editor to navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced. 2. on the Edit menu, press New and DWORD value. 3. Type a Value Name of EnableBalloonTips. 4. Double-click EnableBalloonTips and type 0. Alternately, open a CMD.EXE window and type: REG ADD “HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced” /V EnableBalloonTips /T REG_DWORD […]