Preven "Balloon Help" from comming up when Wireless is unavailable

[Chris K.]

Hi all-

This more of a "getting rid of annoying message" problem rather then an
actual problem itself.

I have a Toshiba Tecra S1 with an Intel Centrino chipset (i.e. uses the
Intel Wireless Pro mini-PCI card). One of the cool features of this
notebook is that I can turn off the wireless antenna with the flip of a
switch on the actual notebook. This is for when I'm connected via etherenet
and don't need the wireless active. The problem with this is that once I
turn the antenna off, a little balloon shows up in system tray telling me
wireless is no longer available. I then have to click the 'x' on the
balloon in order for it to go away.

Does anyone know of a way to prevent the balloon from coming up at all? I
know it's minor but it's annoying to be in the middle of something and
having the balloon keep popping up.

Thanks!

[Eric Hueting]

go to the following address
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys[/url].
asp
download tweakui.exe
when installed, run it and click on "taskbar". You wil be
able to pop the ballons.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all-
>
>This more of a "getting rid of annoying message" problem

rather then an

>actual problem itself.
>
>I have a Toshiba Tecra S1 with an Intel Centrino chipset

(i.e. uses the

>Intel Wireless Pro mini-PCI card). One of the cool

features of this

>notebook is that I can turn off the wireless antenna with

the flip of a

>switch on the actual notebook. This is for when I'm

connected via etherenet

>and don't need the wireless active. The problem with

this is that once I

>turn the antenna off, a little balloon shows up in system

tray telling me

>wireless is no longer available. I then have to click

the 'x' on the

>balloon in order for it to go away.
>
>Does anyone know of a way to prevent the balloon from

coming up at all? I

>know it's minor but it's annoying to be in the middle of

something and

>having the balloon keep popping up.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>.
>

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

In article <eK0VWJ#SDHA.1320@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, "Chris K."
<ckastNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:

>Hi all-
>
>This more of a "getting rid of annoying message" problem rather then an
>actual problem itself.
>
>I have a Toshiba Tecra S1 with an Intel Centrino chipset (i.e. uses the
>Intel Wireless Pro mini-PCI card). One of the cool features of this
>notebook is that I can turn off the wireless antenna with the flip of a
>switch on the actual notebook. This is for when I'm connected via etherenet
>and don't need the wireless active. The problem with this is that once I
>turn the antenna off, a little balloon shows up in system tray telling me
>wireless is no longer available. I then have to click the 'x' on the
>balloon in order for it to go away.
>
>Does anyone know of a way to prevent the balloon from coming up at all? I
>know it's minor but it's annoying to be in the middle of something and
>having the balloon keep popping up.
>
>Thanks!

I don't have a Centrino system, but I think this will work: before
turning off the antenna, right click the wireless network connection
and disable it.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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