Windows XP shows a variety of messages using balloon tips which are usually unneccesary. These are not only annoying but also reduce performance.
Select Start and Run.
Type in 'regedit' and press OK.
Navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced'.
Create/Edit a REG_DWord value for 'EnableBalloonTips'.
Set its value to 0.
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