No. I'm real particular about services and what's not needed. This the icon
for my
anti-virus software.
It's odd. For the last week after purchasing an external hard drive I can't
get the
'Safely remove hardware' icon to go away (Not just hide it). Now an icon I
want showing
keeps getting set to 'Hide'.
I hope Windows 7 has a few enhancements.

James

"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS********.com> wrote in message
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> Is it a program/service that is really needed? Many of them are not. The
> programmer just places an icon there to feel important.
>
> A good example is Frostwire. Why would you want the program running
> continuously - even when you are not using it. But you can turn this
> behavior off in the program options. Then the program only runs while in
> active use.
>
> Many other programs are the same. But, many can not be turned off in the
> programs options. For those I use autoruns from Microsoft System
> internals. You can disable "any" startup program. I always turn off one in
> particular from Adobe Reader. There is no reason for it to start with the
> operating system (even though it does not place an icon in the
> notification tray).
>
> You can get the FREE autoruns here:
> [url]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx[/url]
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:u7ZvpBO%23JHA.1380@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Yes, I would assume it is the program itself that places it's icon in the
>> notification area.
>> There's no setting in the progrm anywhere where one can set to display
>> the icon or not.
>>
>> James
>>
>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS********.com> wrote in message
>> news:Os2vh2N%23JHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> It may well be in the program itself that places the icon in the
>>> notification area. If that's the case you likely can't change the
>>> behavior.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Richard Urban
>>> Microsoft MVP
>>> Windows Desktop Experience
>>>
>>>
>>> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OLmLpZN%23JHA.4692@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>I keep changing a Notification Area Icon to 'Show' but it keeps getting
>>>> changed to 'Hide when inactive'.
>>>> I do have the 'Hide inactive icons' checked. So what good does it do to
>>>> be
>>>> able to change the icon setting to 'Show' in 'Customize' if it keeps
>>>> changing back?
>>>> Any way to keep this icon showing without unchecking 'Hide inactive
>>>> icons'???
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
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