Notification area

[Andy Chambers]

Can someone please tell this novice user of Windows
XP ,how do you delete useless icons in the notification
area ? Many Thanks.

[Amethyst]

Andy Chambers wrote:
> Can someone please tell this novice user of Windows
> XP ,how do you delete useless icons in the notification
> area ? Many Thanks.

The help and support centre will tell you all you need to know. Just type in
'notification area' into the box and a number of helpful knowledge base
articles will appear.

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[Ken Blake]

In , Andy Chambers wrote:

> Can someone please tell this novice user of Windows
> XP ,how do you delete useless icons in the notification
> area ? Many Thanks.


You should check each program to see if it has an option to not
start automatically. For any that do not have the option, and
that you don't want to start automatically, do so from the
program MSCONFIG, which you can run from the Start | Run line.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

In most cases, one need only open the offending program and
deselect the option to "display icon in the system tray" or to "start
when Windows starts."

Failing that, you can use Start > Run > MSConfig to temporarily
turn off the automatic startup of these programs. MSConfig will also
show you where the commands starting these programs are originating,
so that you can permanently eliminate the source of your irritations.
Look in the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Start Up and C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start
Menu\Programs\Start Up folders, and in the system registry, primarily
in the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run keys.


Bruce Chambers

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"Andy Chambers" > wrote in message
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> Can someone please tell this novice user of Windows
> XP ,how do you delete useless icons in the notification
> area ? Many Thanks.