Taskbar popup notifications not showing

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OS: Windows XP Professional SP2

The notification text bubbles which appear over the icons in the right side of my windows taskbar don't seem to appear for me anymore. I can hear the popup sound, but visually I don't see anything.

Also, does anyone know the name of those bubbles which appear? I'm having trouble googling the issue because I have no idea what they're actually called.

 

[rush24t3]

Do you use TweakUI by any chance? There's an option in there to disable them, make sure you haven't accidentally checked it (if you use TweakUI).

 

[Catweazle]

The notification bubbles are commonly known as 'Tool Tips', and they are controlled by a registry entry entitled 'ShowInfoTip'.

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: ShowInfoTip
Modify/Create the Value Name [ShowInfoTip] according to the Value Data listed below.
Value Data: [0 - ShowInfoTip Disabled / 1 - ShowInfoTip Enabled]
Exit Registry and Reboot