Thanks for the info.

James

"mazorj" <mazorj@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> "JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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>> 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.[/color]
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> Vista only allows you to set certain notification icons to "always or
> never display" like the time and the speaker volume. For everything else
> it seems to pull the most recently or frequently used icons into the
> always-visible portion of the notification strip. Everything else is
> hidden until you click on the < slide-out icon. If you've clicked several
> times on the security program's icon during your current session it might
> shift into the always-visible strip. Not the ideal solution but it can
> work and be useful if you don't reboot or change users, or displace it by
> clicking more frequently on other icons there.
>
> Many programs offer the option of whether to add tray icons, create a
> desktop link, etc. during the installation routine. That doesn't always
> prevent unwanted icons, but do pay attention to those as you do the
> install. Some allow these to be reconfigured in the program's settings.
> Other posters have offered insights into making changest in Start-up, etc.
>
> Having said that, now my own gripe: A nearly useless notification that
> found its way onto my two HP Vista machines is a 3-icon cluster showing
> the status for NumLock/CapsLock/ScrollLock. My guess is that it's not
> Vista's fault, it's a replacement for the 3 keyboard LEDs that lit up when
> any of the 3 was activated. [There are no LEDs on my HP OEM keyboards.]
> If clicking on the icons turned the settings on/off it would be useful and
> I could *almost* forgive manufacturers for cheapskating on the LEDs. But
> all they did was save a buck or two and give us this dumb static screen
> display that I can't see at a glance [it's hidden in the slide-out] and
> can't delete. Fortunately I found a way to have the CapsLock key make a
> loud up-boop and down-boop whenever it's turned on/off. The audible alert
> is more useful than the LEDs and icons combined. Some idiot decided that
> the CapsLock key should be moved and doubled in size. Because I
> constantly hit CapsLock accidentally when doing fast typing, I was
> retyping entire sentences before I got the audible alarm functioning.
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>> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS********.com> wrote in message
>> news:OnvMsJO%23JHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
>>> 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...
>>>> 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...
>>>>> 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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