Removing the Clock from the Taskbar

The clock can be very useful if you don't have any other clocks in the same room as your computer.Otherwise,it is just taking up space.

After all, how many clocks do you really need? If you want the maximum amount of space for your toolbars and open programs on the taskbar, I
suggest that you also remove the clock.

Removing the clock is extremely simple.

• Follow these quick instructions:
• Right-click the system clock and select Properties.
• Then,under the Notification Area on the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window, uncheck Show the Clock.
• Click OK to save your changes and the clock will be gone.

Done, Get Maximum Space for Toolbars and Open Programs

Removing Pop-up Help for Users

Ever notice that when you hover your mouse over a program listing in the Start Menu,a little yellow Help box will pop up on Windows Xp?
This Help feature is called Balloon Help.

If a user does not know what a program does, user can hold the mouse over the program for a second or so and a little message will fade in telling user what it is, if the programmer has set up this feature of the user's
program.

For other programs that do not have this feature set up in their shortcut, it will just tell the user where the program is located on user's computer. This feature can be very useful for a beginning computer user.

Sometimes the Pop-up Help can become an annoyance and just blocks your screen. If you do not need this feature,why not disable it?
Follow these steps to get rid of this feature:

• Click the Start Menu and select Run and then type regedit in the box and click OK. 
• Once the Registry Editor is loaded,navigate though HKEY_CURRENT_USER-
  Software-Microsoft-Windows-CurrentVersion-Explorer-Advanced 
• Right-click the entry called ShowInfoTip and select Modify
• Set the value equal to 0 to disable this feature,and click OK.
  Close the Registry Editor and log off and back so the feature can be removed.
  

Logoff and then logon to see the effect...