Windows Vista : Removing Tool Tips
When you hover your mouse pointer over something such as a button on the taskbar and text materializes, often explaining what you’re about to click. But is there a way to turn that off? Turns out that there is. It’s a registry edit, but as long as you follow these instructions carefully, you should be OK. We’ve edited the registry plenty of times together with no ill effects, right?
Follow these instructions to remove Vista’s tool tips:
1. From the Start menu, type regedit and then launch the corresponding application from the Program list.
2. From the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key, HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
3. Now, set the DWORD value called ShowInfoTip to 0 (i.e., off). Exit the Registry Editor. You must now reboot Vista for the changes to take effect.
To reenable the tool tips, set the ShowInfoTip DWORD value back to 1.Popularity: 1%
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#1. November 15th, 2008, at 8:45 PM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I SINCERELY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION.
I JUST HOPE THAT THESE PRESENT COMPUTER COMPANIES WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT IF THEY ONLY MAKE WINDOWS VISTA COMPUTERS THEY WILL HOPEFULLY JUST GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
I FEEL THAT SINCE BILL GATES HAS STOLEN EVERYTHING AND THEN SOLD IT AND IF YOU OR I DID THAT WE WOULD END UP IN PRISON.
YET HE HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT.
I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR HIM TO MAKE MORE BILLIONS OFF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.
I JUST HOPE THAT SOME ONE WHO IS KNOWLEDGABLE ENOUGH TO WRITE A WHOLE NEW OPERATING SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE REALLY USER FRIENDLY AND PUT THE SOB OUT OF BUSINESS.
IT IS NICE PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD MUCH MORE PROSPEROUS.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH SIR.