None of the suggestions worked, The annoying balloon flashes are still
present.

Yahoo search field flashes "Web Search"
Google search field flashes "Google Search"
Bing search field flashes "Enter your search term"

Outlook Express balloon flashes are:
Newsgroups Field = Type the newsgroup for this message
Cc Field = Type recipients name, separated by semicolon or comma
Subject field = Type the subject for this message.

Hope more suggestions follows to turn this off.

Thanks,

Mark


"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:esU7%23UH7JHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Turn off some of these from Control Panel> Folder Options> View> uncheck
> "Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items.
>
> At http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm the script on line 11
> (left
> side) may disable additional balloons/pop-ups.
>
> On the webpages, what's the message at (for example) Yahoo?
> -
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$hlLuG7JHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I do not know how to explain it, and not sure where the source is making
>> this happen. IE7, or XP Pro, but have to start somewhere.
>>
>> When I am using Yahoo or a few other search engines, when I hover the
> mouse
>> over the search field to type, a short pop assist message flashes. It is
>> very annoying and like to know how to turn that off. Some websites like
> MSN
>> doesn't have that showing up.
>>
>> Hmmm, I just now noticed when I was typing the subject for this news post
>> using Outlook Express, the assist popup came on again, it says "type the
>> subject for this message". Now I am really confused what activates this.
>>
>> Also what is it referred to as.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>