Policy

Turn off "Found New Hardware" balloons during device installation

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassComputer
CategorySystem > Device Installation
Supported onAt least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

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.

Internal name
DeviceInstall_BalloonTips
Policy ID
d500f34ed6e6
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceInstall\Settings\DisableBalloonTipsREG_DWORD
1
0

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