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[6ft5guy]

when ever cursor is on most items a pop up information box shows with a descriotion of what the cursor is floating over, how do I stop this from happening,  disable the info box pop up 

[Alan-London]

To disable infotips from desktop items try this:

Start > Control Panel > Tools > Folder options...
Select 'View' and scroll to bottom of 'Advanced settings'.
Uncheck 'Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items'.

Note that taskbar infotips will still be shown. However, for a more comprehensive solution, you could try the following (make a .reg file):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000000
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000000
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000000
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ShowInfoTip"=dword:00000000
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000
"StartButtonBalloonTip"=dword:00000000
"FolderContentsInfoTip"=dword:00000000

You can modify to suit: 0 = false, 1 = true

Modifying to registry can cause severe problems. You do so entirely at your own risk!