win 98 question

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steeldust

hi everyone. when i point the mouse at a a minimized window or other items like shortcuts on the tool bar i get a little help window telling me what it is.eg. if i point at the minimize button,it tells me "minimize". is there a way i can disable this?
thanx for any help!! appreciate it.:D :confused:
 
Those are tool tip popups. There's a registry parameter that controls them I believe - never actually wanted to ever turn them off, so I didn't investigate deeply.

Find a copy of the W98 Resource Kit - one of the tools there (maybe the TweakUI program) will give you a quick and convenient way of switching it off. Otherwise, you might have to search the registry for the appropriate key.

BTW - why are you still using Windows 98 these days?
 
I Don`t know how is it in Win98 / Me, but in 2000/XP this feautere is really regulated in registry:

to do:

1. Click Start -> Run -> regedit
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3. double-click "UserPreferencesMask"
4. change numbers according to these:

8 should be changed to 0
9 to 1
a to 2
b to 3
c to 4
d to 5
e to 6

i.e.:
original: 9e 3e 07 80
modified: 1e 3e 07 80).

5.click ÎÊ
7.log off and re-logon Windows
 
Quote from steeldust:

hi everyone. when i point the mouse at a a minimized window or other items like shortcuts on the tool bar i get a little help window telling me what it is.eg. if i point at the minimize button,it tells me "minimize". is there a way i can disable this?
thanx for any help!! appreciate it.:D :confused:
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Why? So much trouble for something that is so insignificant?
 
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Why? So much trouble for something that is so insignificant?
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Why did you go to the trouble to post on something so insignificant?:confused:

I really, really recommend dumping Win98 for XP, way more stable, way more user friendly, much more happiness available.
 
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