To turn-off notification balloons in Vista

[Elkanah]

hie friends,

I have recently upgraded my computer system from Windows XP to Windows Vista. Here, the notification area balloons frequently popsup which is really annoying.
How do I turnoff them in Vista? ...... can someone help me with this

thanx

[Lillebror]

You can do this by using registry editor method.

• Click Start --- Run --- type Regedit.exe
  
• Navigate to the following subkey:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced
  
• Create a new REG_DWORD (32 bit) value named EnableBalloonTips
• Double-click EnableBalloonTips, and then assign a value data of 0
• Exit the Registry Editor
• Log off Windows, and then log back on.

This applies to both Windows Vista as well as Windows XP

[Solomon]

Alternate method -
- Start and type GPEDIT.MSC
- Accept the User Account Control prompt
- Navigate to the following branch:

User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Start Menu and Taskbar

- Double-click Turn off all balloon notifications and set it to Enabled
- Close Group Policy Editor
- Log off Windows, and then log back on.


Here is the corresponding registry value for the above setting:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
"TaskbarNoNotification"=dword:00000001

[jesse]

There is a way to completely turn off task bar balloon notifications using a registry edit hack.
To do this, start the registry editor and navigate to this section:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER> Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer Advanced

• Once you get there right-click on an empty area of the right side of the window and select New > 32-bit DWORD. Give the new entry the name EnableBalloonTips and a value of 0.
  
• Once you are done, you'll need to reboot for the change to take effect. But once you do, the task bar balloon notifications will be completely turned off.