New programs installed

[kbar]

Why does Windows XP Pro keep telling me that new programs are installed even when there haven't been?

[Mattk]

go to start > all programs and the ones high-lighted in yellow are the ones that it believes to be new - if this is any help !

[stressed out]

Does the box appear on the bottom right corner of the screen? If so this is probably because at some point you have said yes to an option that asked you if you wanted to be alerted when nrw updates are available, most of the time it's a pain so just click the x and it will go away. I'm not sure if you can disable this. It will reappear each time you boot up your p.c. Hope this will help you?

[dodgyshirt]

Any new programme installed in XP will remain highlighted as a new programme until you actually use the programme no matter how long it has been installed.

[Phantaxus]

to turn it off right click the start button and select properties click the customize button click advanced tab uncheck the highlght newly installed programs box

[Phantaxus]

and if balloon tips are bothering you you can turn them off with xp-antispy http://www.xp-antispy.org/