Disable Vista Balloon Tip Popups

Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Windows Vista Tips |

Disable the annoying Windows Vista popup tip and reminder balloons.

1. Click START and type gpedit.msc and press ENTER.

2. Go to User Configuration–>Administrative Templates–>Start Menu and Taskbar

3. Right-click on Remove Balloon Tips under Start Menu items, and select Properties.

4. Select Enable and click OK.

Close Group Policy Editor and now the balloons should no longer appear.

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3 Comments so far »

by William, on February 27 2008 @ 9:22 am

gpedit.msc does not exist
by Mario, on March 2 2008 @ 9:02 am

Sure it does. These instructions worked as advertised.

Regards,

Mario
by Eric, on March 25 2008 @ 5:55 am

The error I receive in Windows Vista Home Premium is the following: “Windows cannot find ‘gpedit.msc’. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.”

I would say it doesn’t exist in the Home Premium version of Vista.