Article:		An Inside Look at XP SP2
Subject:		Hidden tooltips for taskbar/icontray
Date:		2004-06-11 19:58:57
From:		Space_Lizard
Response to: Hidden tooltips for taskbar/icontray
I have been playing around with SP2 for about a week now and it still seems to be behind the taskbar, BUT if you click on the taskbar first then wait for the tool tips they will be visable. ;)

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• Hidden tooltips for taskbar/icontray
  2006-11-14 12:07:52  Nick_Acquaviva [View]
  
  
  This problem is caused by a bug in Windows that causes the taskbar tool-tips to lose their "topmost" window style and be covered up by the taskbar. Microsoft has acknowledged this problem exists, but has not yet fixed it (it's been around for at least 3 years).
  
  Check out this web site for more information and a fix:
  http://www.acquaviva.us/tooltipmanager
  
  Tool Tip Manager was written specifically to fix this annoying problem by processing taskbar window messages and resetting the "topmost" window style for tool-tips as needed, automatically. This program also allows you to customize the appearance of the task bar tool tips (font & color) and set the automatic hide timer value.
  
  Regards,
  
  Nick Acquaviva