If I had crowded in a lot of stuff up top in a stacked sequence for example, then those tip strips would cover that stuff. But they are gone now. There are 3 ways to handle tip strips in LabVIEW in the options: Environment, Front Panel and Block Diagram. I'm not sure which combination of settings I have, but things are great now! I have the valuable moving/resize tip strip, and I don't have the annoying one! Thanks for the help!!!