smponz, Go to the link below and under the letter "T" scroll down to:
Tool Tips - Disable
How To: Turn off the Balloon Tooltips and Pop-ups
How To: Turn off Tooltips
and you'll find manual and automated reg file instructions.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
Tufenuf
How/where do I turn off the window/box that appears next to my cursor when hover near or on a link? For instance if I move my cursor(with out clicking on) to icons that are in my taskbar you get a box that appears telling what it is. Hope that makes sense.
I have XPpro sp2.

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