Start Button Tip

Is there a way to remove the tip/balloon when mouse over start orb?

this might do it:

Pop-up Descriptions - Enable or Disable

Er... the very second item in that link mentions that it doesn't work for things like the start menu button.

It would be nice to know where these tooltips are stored. There's very little value for me for a start menu tooltip that says redundantly notes "Start"... I'd like it to read "PANIC" or something equally hilarious.

there has to be a way to get rid of this! Anyone?

i found this, but i dont know if it relates to win7, and it states that some buttons are not affected.

How do I disable balloon tips in the notification area in Windows XP or Vista?

tbone1321: that resource must be for xp and not windows 7? I don't have 'dllcache' in System32 or SysWOW64.

kword88: that fix doesn't remove the tip from the start button.

i thought it might give some clue as to where to look in the registry.