Hi,
Oh... those. Sorry I don't know how to disable those. I've learned to ignore
them. ;-)
-
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"MarkC" <None@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:u3bqsUL7JHA.3860@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 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?

> > "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