Re: Ultimate: disabling annoying system tray warnings....

These warnings are all handled differently.

- The "this device can perform faster" message is something that you can
likely see if you click on the text bubble that comes up. It's basically
telling you that you have a USB 1.0 port (possibly on a monitor, on your
keyboard, or it's an older memory card reader) into which you're plugging
your USB device. Is this something you see every time you log into your
desktop? I'd imagine so or it'd be pretty evident what device it is if you
see it every time you plug in your thumb drive, mp3 player, digital camera,
etc.,. If that is the case then it's probably a printer, scanner, or other
USB device you have plugged in all the time. Check your USB devices and
what they're plugged into. For example, my Logitech G15 gaming keyboard has
USB 1.0 ports, so if I plug a thumb drive into one of them I'll see that
error. If I plug it directly into a port on my PC or a port on my Dell
monitor I do not, as those ports are USB 2.0.

- Java update available alerts are popping up because your Java is set to
always check for updates and notify you when they are there. This is
helpful, and the easiest way to get rid of it is to click on it and go
update your Java (recommended as Java updates typically contain security
fixes to help prevent people from using Java exploits to compromise your
computer's security). If you are a hardened security veteran and do not
feel the need for that protection you can go to the Java applet in your
Control Panel, click on the Update tab and uncheck the "Check for Updates
Automatically" box, click "Never Check", then click OK.

- User Account Warning: This sounds like User Access Control, and is
probably the biggest complaint I've seen in Vista. While it (like all of
the things you're seeing) is there for a reason, some people turn it off.
It was a good idea, but some things didn't get thought through thoroughly,
as many people wind up either disabling it entirely or blindly clicking Yes
or OK on every box they see, both of which undermine the point of having it
there in the first place. If you really want to disable it (which isn't
recommended as it is very handy for keeping yourself safe from malware
infections), you can do so by hitting the Windows key + R, typing msconfig
and hitting Enter. Click on the Tools tab. Scroll down near the bottom and
you'll see "Disable UAC". Select this, click the Launch button and it will
run a script disabling User Account Control. You will need to reboot for
this change to take effect.


Basically, there's no way to disable all of the alerts you will see as they
are not all managed by the same thing. Each alert you see is typically
handled by whatever program giving you that alert. Security alerts (like
"You don't have antivirus" or "your antivirus is out of date") for example
are handled in the Windows Security area. If you do have antivirus you may
get notifications from it saying that it's turned off or out of date, which
are extremely valuable things to know. Microsoft Outlook may warn you if it
can't talk to the server.

These messages are there for a reason. Critical things (like connectivity
errors, out-of-date protection, etc) really shouldn't be disabled, and in
most cases can't. But little things (like the Java update) need to be
addressed in the programs themselves.

Joe

"maya" <> wrote in message
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>
> hi,
>
> I'm on Vista Ultimate, how can I disable the annoying warning alerts that
> pop up from system tray?
>
> for example:
>
> -- "this device can perform faster" (doesn't even tell you what device..)
>
> -- Java update available.
>
> -- user account warning
>
> -- and all other annoying warnings
>
> I want to disable all these warning alerts, how can I do this please..
>
> thank you..
>
>
>

Joe Grover;1211488 Wrote:
> These warnings are all handled differently.
>
> - The "this device can perform faster" message is something that you
> can
> likely see if you click on the text bubble that comes up. It's
> basically
> telling you that you have a USB 1.0 port (possibly on a monitor, on
> your
> keyboard, or it's an older memory card reader) into which you're
> plugging
> your USB device. Is this something you see every time you log into
> your
> desktop? I'd imagine so or it'd be pretty evident what device it is
> if you
> see it every time you plug in your thumb drive, mp3 player, digital
> camera,
> etc.,. If that is the case then it's probably a printer, scanner, or
> other
> USB device you have plugged in all the time. Check your USB devices
> and
> what they're plugged into. For example, my Logitech G15 gaming
> keyboard has
> USB 1.0 ports, so if I plug a thumb drive into one of them I'll see
> that
> error. If I plug it directly into a port on my PC or a port on my
> Dell
> monitor I do not, as those ports are USB 2.0.
>
> ...
>
> These messages are there for a reason. Critical things (like
> connectivity
> errors, out-of-date protection, etc) really shouldn't be disabled...
>

I know this is a little old, but I found this via Google. So, for
posterity, I'd like to point something out. There is a perfectly good
reason for disabling the alerts - and that would be "because I'm not a
moron." Users should be allowed to enable/disable whatever alerting
there is in the OS. Here's an example related to the above:

I have a nice little 2-system Trendnet USB/VGA/AUDIO KVM. I don't use
the audio or vga functionality - I have multiple monitors and I only
need audio on one system. However, I do like to be able to switch a
single set of a USB keyboard and mouse between them. I switch between
Ubuntu Linux and Vista Ultimate machines. You know what Linux does when
you switch to it? It works fine and INSTANTANEOUSLY. When I switch to
the Vista machine, I have to wait for it to think long enough about the
message it wants to give me about how the port is too slow, because the
KVM is USB 1.1 - keep in mind, this is only for a keyboard and mouse. No
one can type @ 480Mb per second, though I'd certainly like to see it
:-).

The windows system is running an Intel Core i7 920, but it still takes
3 seconds for the stupid thing to give me the "this device can perform
faster" message (the Ubuntu is an ancient Dell laptop running a Celeron,
and as I said, it's intantaneous). Obviously not much efficiency in the
Vista programming there, not to mention that I DON'T CARE that the hub
is slow. I can't take advantage of that speed with a keyboard and
mouse! Hence why Trendnet kept the cost down by not using a useless 2.0
USB hub in their KVM.

So, I put up with it EVERY TIME I switch to Windows. It gets extremely
annoying. The USB 1.1 message can be disabled in XP, but like OP, I have
yet to figure out how to do so in Vista.


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Frank, Mikle and another moron think that morons in fact are us - customers.

Figured it out for the "This device can perform faster" message, but it
doesn't work in my case. When the message comes up, you can click on
it, bring up the list of USB device hubs, and you can uncheck "tell me
if my device can perform faster." The problem in my case is that on a
KVM, the "hub" is switched back and forth, (effectively plugging and
unplugging the device) every time. So, it resets the checkbox in the
dialog, because it essentially "re-installs" the device every time it is
plugged in, so it sees the KVM, knows the checkbox is checked, sees a
device (the mouse and keyboard) and gives me the error message for the
umpteenth time. <sarcasm>Great job, Microsoft.</sarcasm>


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