Recently, on two separate computers, I have had trouble saving changes to the Registry.Specifically, I have been desparately trying to stop those infuriating balloon tips. I have changed the settings repeatedly under HKCurrentUser/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/EnableBalloonTips and giving the DWord value "0". But as soon as I exit and re-boot, the DWord value reverts back to "1".I have also tried to stop the Balloon Tips using Microsoft's "Fixit" programme, but it makes no difference - on re-boot, the DWord value is back to "1" again.Does anyone know how to stop this happening, please ? I am going mad with it.1 person needs an answerI do too

"Maple Tree" wrote in message news:ad31995f-adfa-4077-b9bb-ade0d6759653...Recently, on two separate computers, I have had trouble saving changes to the Registry.Specifically, I have been desparately trying to stop those infuriating balloon tips. I have changed the settings repeatedly under HKCurrentUser/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/EnableBalloonTips and giving the DWord value "0". But as soon as I exit and re-boot, the DWord value reverts back to "1".I have also tried to stop the Balloon Tips using Microsoft's "Fixit" programme, but it makes no difference - on re-boot, the DWord value is back to "1" again.Does anyone know how to stop this happening, please ? I am going mad with it.What security software are you using? - it could be that that's preventing 'random' changes to the registry.Are you using Home or Pro? - if Pro, have a look in GPEDIT and see if a policy has been set for this key, somehow. -- Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

HiThanks for the response. I am using Zone Alarm Free and Avast ! on Windows XP Home edition. They are both difficult to disable during re-boot, so I don't know how to see if either of them is the culprit. However, I have used both of them for many years and this problem only started recently. On the other hand, there may have been an automatic update which is causing it. It never used to happen but started about two months ago out of the blue.

"Maple Tree" wrote in message news:4e6917e2-3813-4ab0-bc65-b419974e4900...HiThanks for the response. I am using Zone Alarm Free and Avast ! on Windows XP Home edition. They are both difficult to disable during re-boot, so I don't know how to see if either of them is the culprit. However, I have used both of them for many years and this problem only started recently. On the other hand, there may have been an automatic update which is causing it. It never used to happen but started about two months ago out of the blue.Zone Alarm has a bad history of locking parts of the registry - it's one of the reasons that I stopped recommending it back in 2003/4.Avast! hasn't to my knowledge caused any such problems.IMHO, there's very rarely any need to run third-party firewalls in Windows XP SP2 or higher, since the built-in one does a very good job itself (at least for incoming traffic, in the case of XP).I'd suggest uninstalling ZA, and then running their removal tool to get rid of the stuff it leaves behind - then doing your registry changes again, and seeing if they 'stick'. Hopefully they will, and you can then decide whether it's actually worth reinstalling ZA or not, depending on your requirements. -- Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth

Thanks for the reply. I will try to do that. Incidently, having not used the "Vote as helpful" feature before, I tried to click on it and it came up with "1". I assumed there would be a scale of 0 - 10, so I am sorry if I only scored 1 because I wanted to score more but I don't see how to do it properly !

"Maple Tree" wrote in message news:28e287e2-f265-4ec5-8bf7-70f8b2e102eb...Thanks for the reply. I will try to do that. Incidently, having not used the "Vote as helpful" feature before, I tried to click on it and it came up with "1". I assumed there would be a scale of 0 - 10, so I am sorry if I only scored 1 because I wanted to score more but I don't see how to do it properly !No - the 'Vote as Helpful' button gives one vote to anyone who wants to click on it - each vote then counts towards a point-count (which I tend to ignore, as it's pretty pointless, IMHO <g>). The 'Mark as Answer' button is only available to the original questioner, and the moderators - and awards more points. The 'Mark as possible answer' button is more widely available, and I have no idea what happens about the points there. I would only consider your question answered if the possible solution that I offered actually worked.-- Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth