Two queries about XP...

aryayush · 06-09-2007, 03:45 PM

Hello!

Please help me out with these two issues:

1. How to completely disable the gay balloon tips? Using registry hacking, not some third party application.
2. How to remove the task bar completely? I don't just want it to auto-hide. I want it to not be there at all. Just pressing the Windows key should launch the start menu but the task bar should not exist at all.

Thank you!

Vishal Gupta · 06-09-2007, 03:50 PM

1. See point 18 "Restrict Balloon Tips":

TUTORIAL: All Kinds of Restrictions for Windows XP/2003

2. For it, u'll hv to use some transparency software or u can use RKLauncher or Rocket Dock. They have feature to completely replace the taskbar with their dock and u can still hv the start button.

aryayush · 06-09-2007, 04:12 PM

But I don't want their dock either. I have the real deal already.

Thanks for the help!

Is there really no solution to the task bar issue?

Vishal Gupta · 06-09-2007, 04:17 PM

I had a transparent EXE file in past, which was only a few KB in size (16 KB approx.) and can make the taskbar transparent or totally invisible based upon the settings. So that utility can help you for sure but I can't remember its name.

OK. Here is the thread where I posted about it but I uploaded it at RS and the link is not working now:

Desktop change ! ! !

aryayush · 06-09-2007, 04:27 PM

WOW! Thanks!

Your link may be dead but I'm sure one of the other applications recommended on that thread will definitely help me get rid of that ugly thing. The registry hack also worked out perfectly. Thank you, thank you so much!

Kalpik has posted this link to Glass2k:
http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml

This one does the job I wanted done perfectly.

Charan · 06-09-2007, 04:37 PM

One more Q for me .. How to remove the "Windows Secutity Alert" icon..

Vishal Gupta · 06-09-2007, 04:56 PM

^^ Open it from the icon and in left side pane, u'll get an option to customize the alerts (it'll be at bottom) and then uncheck all options there.

PS: I'm on Vista so can't tell the exact options name.

aryayush · 06-09-2007, 04:58 PM

I guess I spoke too soon. Glass2K does not work.

Let me look at some of the other options...

Charan · 06-09-2007, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

^^ Open it from the icon and in left side pane, u'll get an option to customize the alerts (it'll be at bottom) and then uncheck all options there.

PS: I'm on Vista so can't tell the exact options name.

Thanks worked

Lucky_star · 06-09-2007, 08:21 PM

I use Transparent Taskbar. It makes the taskbar completely transparent.

aryayush · 06-09-2007, 08:34 PM

Not working. I mean, it does make the taskbar transparent but you can see that it is there.

zyberboy · 06-09-2007, 10:14 PM

Here is a small utility that i created to hide taskbar...once executed it will make taskbar transparent and wont work in background wasting memory

......u will need to include it in startup if u want taskbar to be hidden in every session.

http://www.mediamax.com/zyberboy/Hosted/hideTaskbar.exe

aryayush · 06-09-2007, 10:39 PM

Finally. Thanks a lot!

Maybe you live a long and healthy life and have no more than two kids.

slugger · 07-09-2007, 01:03 AM

keepin auto-hide unchecked u can even take d taskbar below its minimum thickness

it goes down and becomes completely invisible

aryayush · 07-09-2007, 01:18 AM

Really? Let me check that out...

slugger · 07-09-2007, 01:22 AM

oops!!!!!
just found dat a very thin line still remains
sorry posted w/o confirmin (tried it lon time back, memory fuzzy

)

shantanu · 07-09-2007, 01:25 AM

but thats a very thin line and you can always adjust your monitor to hide that out to

slugger · 07-09-2007, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by shantanu

but thats a very thin line and you can always adjust your monitor to hide that out to

arre haan!!!

just take d display litttttttle down or streach d display litttttttle vertically and d line vanishes completely

c now my trick will work w/o usin ne proggy @ all

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Originally Posted by aryayush

Thank you so much, slugger!

u r welcome

it was just a freak thot dat crossed my mind
thots dat can come up only if u r awake @ time time of day/nite

zyberboy · 07-09-2007, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by aryayush

Finally. Thanks a lot!

Maybe you live a long and healthy life and have no more than two kids.

LOL

aryayush · 07-09-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by shantanu

but thats a very thin line and you can always adjust your monitor to hide that out to

I cannot but that little line actually looks pretty good below my menu bar. So I'm glad it remains.

Thank you so much, slugger!

Still has one problem though. The hidden task bar throws a gigantic shadow beneath it that makes the menu bar look like it is way above the level of the desktop. I can deal with it though; no problem.

iMav · 07-09-2007, 01:41 AM

i guess that can go away if u unchk show shadow under menu option ... i think u can access that by going to properties->appearnce->effects ...

aryayush · 07-09-2007, 01:53 AM

That doesn't help.

slugger · 07-09-2007, 01:59 AM

i think d 3D effect of d menu bar will remain

aryayush · 07-09-2007, 02:21 AM

It is grossly disproportionate, but anyway, it is not too much of a bother.

Vishal Gupta · 07-09-2007, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by aryayush

Still has one problem though. The hidden task bar throws a gigantic shadow beneath it that makes the menu bar look like it is way above the level of the desktop. I can deal with it though; no problem.

Try to disable the option "Keep the taskbar on top of other windows" from Startmenu and Taskbar Properties.

casanova · 07-09-2007, 05:46 PM

One question arya, what are you planning to do. You are not using a dock, so how will you access your proggies.

Let me know so even I can thank them, hehehe

slugger · 07-09-2007, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by casanova

One question arya, what are you planning to do. You are not using a dock, so how will you access your proggies.

Let me know so even I can thank them, hehehe

d start menu can b accesed usin d M.S key and 4 accesing d different appz dat r being run and present in d menu bar use Alt+Tab

aryayush · 07-09-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Vishal Gupta

Try to disable the option "Keep the taskbar on top of other windows" from Startmenu and Taskbar Properties.

Doesn't help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by casanova

One question arya, what are you planning to do. You are not using a dock, so how will you access your proggies.

Let me know so even I can thank them, hehehe

I use the original Dock, the one that programs like RKLauncher and ObjectDock try to emulate, Apple's own. How do I use Apple's Dock with Windows? Well, some secrets are better left uncovered. Suffice it to say that you would be needing a Mac for that.