You want to prevent balloon tips from being displayed in the notification area. Note that the steps in this article disable all balloon tips in the notification area for this computer. You cannot disable balloon tips only for specific programs. To disable balloon tips in the notification area, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER.
2. Locate the following subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
3. Right-click the right side pane, create a new DWORD value, and then name it EnableBalloonTips.
4. Double-click EnableBalloonTips, and then give it a value of 0.
5. Close Registry Editor.
6. Log off Windows, and then log back on.
