Two (2) QUIK ??'s

1. "Suddenly" (though I'm sure I've caused it somehow) the little balloons are not displaying when I hover over the icons in my Taskbar (such as the clock, AV, Quick Launch, etc.). How might I get `em back?

2. Does allowing Quick Launch icons to display, drain system resources as do the other icons (such as we are so-often warned about on the lower-right side of the Taskbar)?

Thanks in advance ...

 

notification balloons
This article tells you how to disable the balloons, maybe if you work backwards you can enable them. I'm not a registry person but take a look at it and if you are registry comfortable give it a shot

 

Thank you very much - I have the link open in another tab, and I'll be checking it out directly!

Thanks again,
g ...

 

Here's a link about enabling/disabling the balloon tips. The info is in addition to bug's post because it also tells you how to enable. http://www.theeldergeek.com/notification_area_balloon_tips.htm

So 0 is disabled and 1 is enabled

I don't have an answer for your #2 question. Sorry.