taskbar icon balloons

I reinstalled windows xp media center 2005 after installing a new hard drive.
After doing so, the information balloons in the taskbar don't appear, just
get popping sound. For instance, when using the safely remove hardware, I
don't get the balloon stating it's safe to remove. Only hear the popping
sound. When resting the cursor over an icon, I get the name of the program
and right clicking brings up the menu. But, I can't get the information
balloon.

How does this pertain to Windows Update?
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j54ams wrote:
> I reinstalled windows xp media center 2005 after installing a new hard
> drive. After doing so, the information balloons in the taskbar don't
> appear, just get popping sound. For instance, when using the safely remove
> hardware, I don't get the balloon stating it's safe to remove. Only hear
> the popping sound. When resting the cursor over an icon, I get the name of
> the program and right clicking brings up the menu. But, I can't get the
> information balloon.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> How does this pertain to Windows Update?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> j54ams wrote:
> > I reinstalled windows xp media center 2005 after installing a new hard
> > drive. After doing so, the information balloons in the taskbar don't
> > appear, just get popping sound. For instance, when using the safely remove
> > hardware, I don't get the balloon stating it's safe to remove. Only hear
> > the popping sound. When resting the cursor over an icon, I get the name of
> > the program and right clicking brings up the menu. But, I can't get the
> > information balloon.
>
> Sorry, I posted in the wrong section.