There are many balloon tips, tooltips, etc. Balloon Tips, Folder Contents
Info Tips, Explorer Pop-Ups, Show Info Tips, Start Menu and Notification
Area tooltips.

I think that you're referring to these...
Open Folder Options...
Start | Run | Type: control folders | Click OK |
View tab | UNCheck: Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items |
Click Apply | Click OK

Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items
[[Specifies that a description of a selected folder or desktop item is
displayed in a pop-up window. When you select this check box, the pop-up
description appears even if Web content is not enabled on your desktop or in
folders.]]

The above setting has no affect on the tooltips that you see in the
notification area, like your clock.

HOW TO Disable Notification Area Balloon Tips in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;307729

There are eight registry keys related to balloon tips and tooltips that I
know of.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:96E69C02499EE31E75@204.153.244.170,
Alex Coleman <coalie@nomail.com> hunted and pecked:
> Using XP Pro/SP1. Win Explorer set to "Show Details".
>
> I see tooltips appear automatically when I move my *cursor* from one
> file to another in Windows Explorer.
>
> In the past I seem to recall I would see tooltips when I hovered my
> mouse over a file in Win Explorer or over an icon on the desktop.
>
> Can I disable the "cursor tooltip" and enable just the "mouse
> tooltip"?