Policy

Turn off "Found New Hardware" balloons during device installation

This policy setting allows you to turn off "Found New Hardware" balloons during device installation. If you enable this policy setting, "Found New Hardware" balloons do not appear while a device is being installed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, "Found New Hardware" balloons appear while a device is being installed, unless the driver for the device suppresses the balloons.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category System / Device Installation
Policy ID d500f34ed6e6
Internal name DeviceInstall_BalloonTips

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Settings\DisableBalloonTips (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Settings\DisableBalloonTips (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to turn off "Found New Hardware" balloons during device installation. If you enable this policy setting, "Found New Hardware" balloons do not appear while a device is being installed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, "Found New Hardware" balloons appear while a device is being installed, unless the driver for the device suppresses the balloons.

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