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to: Gary Britt
from: Glenn Meadows
date: 2005-08-24 14:55:26
subject: Re: Turn off Bloody Popup Baollons in XP Pro

From: "Glenn Meadows" 

I wish they had that on all the popups, like the "There are unused
Icons on your desktop"...Turn that stuff OFFFFF!!!, make it easy to
find and disable the "Hey, you're a dummy because you have a clutter
desktop"...hey, I LIKE all that stuff on my desktop.....Leave me
alone!!!!

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Glenn M.
"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:430cce20{at}w3.nls.net...
> Don't worry Glenn, it will be somewhere else in the next version of
> windows,
> and if you aren't lucky the next version of windows will keep turning it
> back on for you (because you couldn't have possibly meant it).
>
> I liked your context menu for pop-up settings idea.  Never happen :-(
>
> Gary
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:430c7db8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> BINGO...
>>
>> Except it was the check box for NETWORK printers that was checked.
>> Unchecked it, popups gone.
>>
>> THANKS.
>>
>> I know, once you know where it is, it SEEMS logical, but there's got to
>> be
>> some better way, like right click on the popup and have an option to
> Disable
>> Printer Pop up's, or something easier to find.
>>
>> Thanks to all.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>> "John Beckett"
 wrote in message
>> news:3ogog11360fl68c28e6g6to0r9tikrlkm2{at}4ax.com...
>> > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>> > news::
>> >> Anyone know where you turn OFF the stupid popups that say
"Job XXXX
>> >> has
>> >> been
>> >> sent successfully to Printer YYY"?
>> >
>> > Start, Printers and Faxes.
>> > File menu, Server Properties, Advanced tab.
>> > Show informational notifications for local printers - OFF
>> >
>> > I believe that it is LOCAL printers you want, because it is your
> computer
>> > that is handling/spooling the print job despite the fact that the
> printer
>> > is actually accessed over the network.
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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