They are called tooltops. and i think if u download
TweakUI from microsoft's website u can disable them in
that. Hope that helps

>-----Original Message-----
>Sorry, I don't know what they're called, but when the
>Mouse hovers over an icon on the toolbar, a little window
>pops up describing what the icon is for. Is there a way
>to disable this?
>
>Thanks, Mark
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