Its Unofficial : Windows XP SP 3 will be there in 2007

Vipul Patel — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:35:00 GMT

MFJ mentions in her blog about SP3 for Windows XP being released in 2007. Check out

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1911773,00.asp for more details.

Disabling balloon tips in Windows XP

Vipul Patel — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:58:00 GMT

Tired of Windows XP ballooning tips about new Programs installed in the Start -> Programs folder or Hiding your inactive notifications in the System Tray.

Well, here is the solution.

Open the Registry. Nagivate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

If there is key named EnableBalloonTips, modify the value to 0 (to disable the balloon tips) or 1 (to enable the balloon tips).

If such a key does not exist, create a new key of the type DWORD and set its value to the desired state.

This has only been tested on Windows XP.

Disclaimer: Please back up your regsitry before your modify it. I am not responsible for any accidental loss to your system/data.

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Its Unofficial : Windows XP SP 3 will be there in 2007

Disabling balloon tips in Windows XP