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.
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 ÃÃ 7.log off and re-logon Windows
in win98 it should be somewhere in: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
Why did you go to the trouble to post on something so insignificant? I really, really recommend dumping Win98 for XP, way more stable, way more user friendly, much more happiness available.