Question : Disable XP SP2 print notification balloon in Group Policy

Anyone know if its possible to disable the print notification balloon that appears every time you print a document in XP SP2 by using Group Policy?

If so, is there a template I need to add to make this setting available in my GPO?

Answer : Disable XP SP2 print notification balloon in Group Policy

You could always modify or create an administrative template since it's just a text file.  Here's a template for what you're looking for (keep in mind, I'm writing this on the fly and I haven't and won't test it... test it before you deploy it and make sure you read up on writing your own templates... this one is not complete and is full of mistakes):

CLASS USER
 
CATEGORY !!Printer
  KEYNAME Printers\Settings
 
  POLICY !!NoBalloon
    KEYNAME "Printers\Settings"
    EXPLAIN !!NoBalloon_Help
 
    PART !!DisableBalloon CHECKBOX
      VALUENAME "DisableBalloon"
      DEFAULT 0
    END PART

  END POLICY ;NoBalloon
END CATEGORY ;Printer
 
[strings]
NoBalloon="Disable Print Notification"
NoBalloon_Help="Disables balloon that notifies network print jobs are complete."

Anyway, that's an example.  It's really not as complicated as it looks and once you know how to do it, it opens a whole world of possibilities with Group Policy.  Plus, you can impress your friends by telling them that you "didn't like that crap Microsoft put out so I just wrote my own".  

For more information on how to do this, check out the white paper at http://pot-pourri.fltr.ucl.ac.be/wint40/win2000/groupe_policy/GroupPolicyNT5.htm.  About half way down it starts explaining how to do this.
Also, check out this article - http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=windowsserver&seqNum=60

Other than that, you can always go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=92759d4b-7112-4b6c-ad4a-bbf3802a5c9b&DisplayLang=en for the latest templates.
Hope this helps.

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