diff --git a/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp b/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp
index d5f80d796..0a0217fca 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/hintbox.cpp
@@ -168,17 +168,21 @@ void CHintBox::init(const std::string& Text, const int& Width, const std::string
 
 CHintBox::~CHintBox()
 {
-	if(timeout_pb){
-		timeout_pb->kill(); //ensure cleanup from screen
-		delete timeout_pb; timeout_pb = NULL;
-	}
-	if(timeout_pb_timer){
-		delete timeout_pb_timer; timeout_pb_timer = NULL;
-	}
+	disableTimeOutBar();
 }
 
-void CHintBox::showTimeOutBar()
+void CHintBox::enableTimeOutBar(bool enable)
 {
+	if(!enable){
+		if(timeout_pb_timer){
+			delete timeout_pb_timer; timeout_pb_timer = NULL;
+		}
+		if(timeout_pb){
+			delete timeout_pb; timeout_pb = NULL;
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if(timeout_pb){
 		timeout_pb->paint0();
 		timeout_pb->setValues(timeout_pb->getValue()+1, 100*timeout);
@@ -201,7 +205,7 @@ int CHintBox::exec()
 	uint64_t timeoutEnd = CRCInput::calcTimeoutEnd( timeout );
 
 	if (timeout > 0)
-		showTimeOutBar();
+		enableTimeOutBar();
 
 	while ( ! ( res & ( messages_return::cancel_info | messages_return::cancel_all ) ) )
 	{
@@ -244,6 +248,8 @@ int CHintBox::exec()
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	disableTimeOutBar();
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/hintbox.h b/src/gui/widget/hintbox.h
index e7a066161..3f5a35724 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/hintbox.h
+++ b/src/gui/widget/hintbox.h
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class CHintBox : public CComponentsWindow
 				const int& indent);
 
 		virtual void ReSize();
+		void showTimeOutBar(){enableTimeOutBar();}
 
 	public:
 		/**CHintBox Constructor
@@ -186,9 +187,17 @@ class CHintBox : public CComponentsWindow
 		virtual void setTimeOut(const int& Timeout){timeout = Timeout;}
 
 		/**
-		* enable visualized timeout as progressbar under titelbar
+		* enable/disable visualized timeout as progressbar under titlebar
+		* @param[in]	enable 
+		* 	@li	optional: exepts type bool, default = true
 		*/
-		void showTimeOutBar();
+		void enableTimeOutBar(bool enable = true);
+
+		/**
+		* disable visualized timeout as progressbar
+		* 	@see enableTimeOutBar
+		*/
+		void disableTimeOutBar(){enableTimeOutBar(false);}
 
 		/**
 		* scroll handler for text objects: NOTE: exec() must be called !
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/msgbox.cpp b/src/gui/widget/msgbox.cpp
index dfe855cad..0c08d924c 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/msgbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/msgbox.cpp
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ int CMsgBox::exec()
 	uint64_t timeoutEnd = CRCInput::calcTimeoutEnd(timeout);
 
 	if (timeout > 0)
-		showTimeOutBar();
+		enableTimeOutBar();
 
 	bool loop = true;
 	while (loop)