Balloon Tips or Notification Pop-ups are a feature of Windows XP, used to tell the user when the status of a program or system component has changed.

While they do sometimes supply useful information, it requires user interaction to close them, which for many users can prove to be an inconvenience.

In this screencast tutorial, we show you how to use a Free Program, TweakUI to disable balloon tips on your system. You can download your free copy of TweakUI here