[AT] puter captions--indirectly off topic :)

Bob McNitt nysports at frontiernet.net
Fri Aug 1 05:10:00 PDT 2008


John -

We were talking "apples & oranges" as I interpreted that you wanted to 
disable the data boxes, but it was the hovers you were talking about. The 
Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options change is what you want.

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Wilkens" <jwilkens at eoni.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] puter captions--indirectly off topic :)


> Bob, I tried what you suggested but got no results (when I clicked
> the left cancel option).  I must be missing something.    John
>
>
> At 08:16 AM 07/31/2008, you wrote:
>>Hi, John.
>>
>>Right click on a blank area in the task bar at bottom of screen.  In
>>the menu box that pops up, select Properties.  The Taskbar and Start
>>Up Menu Properties box will appear.  Left click Cancel option at
>>bottom of box.  To restart the captioning, right click the bottom
>>task bar and select Toolbars  then close the popup by clicking left
>>mouse button in a blank area of the desktop.  Do not select anything
>>in the popups.
>>
>>I don't know if rebooting will bring the captioning back to you or
>>not -- didn't have time at the moment to try it.
>>
>>Bob Holtzer
>>
>>
>>At 10:49 PM 7/30/2008, you wrote:
>> >Is it possible to turn off the automatic information captioning that
>> >flashes up every time my cursor lands on a disk-top icon?  (Microsoft 
>> >XP)
>> >
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