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Going toast crazy

It might just be irritability brought on by being in constant pain, but I feel like I’m going to go nuts if I see one more bit of toast pop up in Windows.

Does anybody know of a way to shut toast off? It was useful back when only a couple apps used it, and only for exceptional circumstances, but now I’m seeing it come up for everything from not being able to find a wireless network to a joyful announcement that Java 2 is loading up (like I care!).

It’s turned into one of the most distracting “features” of the OS. Like the registry, I can see how it was a good idea at first, but it’s getting abused now, and I just want it off.

Published Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:04 PM by Rory

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Brian Swanson said:

Move the toaster away from the Window, and you won't see "toast pop up in Windows" :-)
March 8, 2005 9:08 PM
 

John Hann said:

To get rid of all balloon tips, download Tweak UI and, under the "Taskbar and Start Menu" heading, uncheck "Enable Balloon Tips". This only works for popup balloons, though, not all toast.
March 8, 2005 10:19 PM
 

Chris said:

March 8, 2005 10:36 PM
 

Chris said:

wow, that backfired on me.
March 8, 2005 10:36 PM
 

DRake said:

Toast? Hey why dont you meet my friend, Mr 10mm Desert Eagle, he has a lot of info for you.
March 9, 2005 11:50 AM
 

Dourn said:

Erm... Rory (or anyone) what's "toast"???
Sounds like it's related to BalloonTips and the like...
I've never heard the term before!
I thought you might have been talking about Roxio Toast (CD burning software), but I guess not...!!
March 9, 2005 1:15 PM
 

Anonymous said:

What's a balloon tip? We've always called them Toast over here.
March 9, 2005 1:23 PM
 

skicow said:

lol - Never heard them call toast before, but it actually makes sense...BTW the first thing I thought of when I read the title "Going toast crazy" I remembered the song called Toast by the group StreetBand from the UK...great little ditty. :) Don't want to link it here but it took me about 1 minute to find the mp3 from Google.
March 9, 2005 2:57 PM
 

LarsBerg said:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"EnableBalloonTips"=dword:00000000

March 9, 2005 5:19 PM
 

Steve M. said:

i am a firm believer that the toasters are created by a group of telekinetic ninja rabbits bent on world domination. they've had their hands in gobs of abused technologies. they take a good idea and run amok, making it not only commonplace but flat out annoying. what this does it break down our mental faculties until we humans no longer desire to create something cool and new, because some asshole will just go crazy with it. in the end, as society mutates into a useless pile of tamagotchi playing freaks, the telekinetic ninja rabbits will take over. the only real question is...will the world be a better place for it???
March 9, 2005 11:44 PM
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