I just want to share some information, which to browse the web for everytime again may require some time that can be better used otherways if already posted here.

I found the informational balloon tips that appear on my task bar to be very informative - initially, but become very annoying over time.

I personally like having the icons appear on the task bar, but the balloons have become very annoying. To allow your icons to appear without the balloons, you can do the following.

These instructions are for Windows XP:

• Run the REGEDIT from the Start > Run dialog.
• Locate the following registry folder:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
• Create a DWORD value called “EnableBalloonTips“. The default value will be zero. Leave the value as zero.
• Reboot your computer for this change to take effect.

This will disable all balloon tips on your task bar.

For connection tool tips like the one on the screenshot there’s also another way to disable them:
Just uncheck the “Show icon in the notification area when connected” option in connection properties.