Rich, so little pop-up things can be turned off completely if you wish but I
think you'll get used to them after a while. As for the tooltips popping
up, it depends on how you approach them and where they're located. While
you're getting adjusted, if you haven't played much with Windows XP Pro
before, there are things you can do to make the system very accommodating.
One of the things I do on my Tablet is unlock the Taskbar and then drag it
to the left side of the screen (Landscape or Portrait) so it is out of my
way most of the time. I'm right-handed, and having it on the left while
using Auto Hide means it doesn't open until I approach it.

Since you've installed the Tablet PC Edition 2005 (the superset which is all
Tablet) with XP Service Pack 2 RC2, you should play with the Options in the
new Tablet Input Panel, too. If you undock it, you'll have a little
"floating TIP" which will appear for you when you're in a text entry point.
From there, you'll have three options for entering information - Writing
Pad, Character Pad and Onscreen Keyboard.

Most of all, enjoy your new machine!
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Rich" <Rich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I might not have chosen the best place to post this issue/question, but
>this discussion seems similar enough to my question that I'll risk a little
>a bit of harassment to spin this in a slightly different direction.
>
> I've had my tablet for a whole 5 days now - a Motion M1400 - and I am
> really excited to incorporate it into my work habits. I've installed the
> latest SR2 beta, with which I imediately appreciated the improvements in
> the OS.
>
> But like the the thread originator, I do find it frustrating to have
> things under my hand that I have to constantly move to see. In my case,
> I'm right-handed, but the menus that constantly open to the right
> (immediately under my hand) or the tool tips (I think that's what they're
> called - the little identifiers that appear when you hover over an icon)
> that always appear below and to the right of the cusor ARE DRIVING ME
> NUTS!
>
> Ok, not quite nuts. but it is certainly annoying.
>
> Isn't there a way to move the Start button to the right-hand side of the
> screen, and have all menus open to the left? (I've tried putting the
> whole bar on the right-hand side of the screen, but I still have menus
> that want to open to the right) Same with the tool tips - anyway to
> control their position when they appear? Upper left for righties and
> upper left for lefties would be preferrable to what we have today?
>
> Isn't that controllable in the OS?