I have read everything I can find in the knowledge base on
this. I must be looking in the wrong place. Somehow a
friend of mine turned this option on and cannot turn it
off. There is no clickbox, no control panel option,
nothing.

Any suggestions from the community?

I believe you would do it as follows, go to Start\All
Programs\Accessories\Accessibility\Narrator, then remove the checks from
Announce System Events and the Read text option; click ok and exit.

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