Disable Pop-Up Balloons

They're everywhere: pop-up messages. But these pop-up messages are like a Cristo and Jeanne-Claude art exhibitbeautiful to some, grating to others. For example, there's one that pops up all the time when you've connected or are trying to connect to a wireless network, as shown in Figure 14-11.

Figure 14-11. One of XP's many pop-up balloons.

If you find these offensive rather than beautiful, you can easily turn off XP's pop-up reminders with a PowerToy called TweakUI. Here's how:

1.	Download and install the XP TweakUI PowerToy (it's a tiny little app) from the following Website: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
2.	Launch TweakUI and select the Taskbar and Start Menu category.
3.	Deselect the "Enable balloon tips" check box, as shown in Figure 14-12.

Figure 15-12. Getting rid of balloon pop-ups.