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SP2 - Print Balloon Notification - can't disable
I have tried all suggestions from other posts or articles online and I can't get the Windows XP SP2 print balloon notifications to go away. We have a Win2k Domain (native mode). Please help!
Thanks.
Thanks.
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I'd already tried the "show informational notifications for network printers" that's been off for some time now.
I just tried the registry hack and that had no affect either. Of course I did this on the client thinking it's an XP problem because we don't receive the balloon notifications on the Win2k clients. Should I add that DWORD to the server (Win2k server)?
Areu restarting or logging off and loggin on back after making registry changes ??
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restarting completely (start -> shutdown -> reboot)
there must be two registry keys in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers \Settings
one is EnableBalloonNotifications Remote and other is EnableBalloonNotifications Local
what are the value datas for them ??
one is EnableBalloonNotifications
what are the value datas for them ??
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neither the server, Windows 2000, nor my client, Windows XP-SP2, had either keys. I started by adding the EnableBalloonNotifications
I've added the EnableBalloonNotifications
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Oops, my bad. I had one "o" in balloon. Fixed the typo rebooted and no balloon popup.
lol.... Excellent ^_^
I tried the other suggestion of: Start>Printers and Faxes>File Menu>Server Properties>Advanced section> and untick "Show informational notifications for network printers." THANKS, WORKED GREAT!!! One note, I had to give the user admin rights on the terminal server temporarily to make the change.
Two ways to disable this, from Start>Printers and Faxes>File Menu>Server Properties>Advanced section> and untick "Show informational notifications for network printers"
Second is, to Create a new DWORD value in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers
Ref >> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=831582