Windows XP Question

[Cobraking]

I have about 8 Icons on the bottom right, how do i get rid of the so that i can only see the ones iwant to see?

 

[Shannon]

You mean the icons in the System Tray right?

Right click on the taskbar and go to Properties. Down the bottom you'll see Hide Inactive Icons. Check this and then click Customize. A list will come up with all your icons and it's behavior. From the behavior lsit you can choose from:

Always Show - That icon will always appear in your system tray.
Always Hide - That icon will be hidden and never appear.
Hide When Inactive - That icon will be hidden when it is inactive, but will appear when it is active.

 

[Cobraking]

Thanks!

 

[Cobraking]

Shannon, i did that but some of them are still there.

 

[rjensen11]

Originally posted by Cobraking
Shannon, i did that but some of them are still there.

Did you put those as Always Hide?

You could also prevent them from loading by typing msconfig in the run box and then disabling them from the startup, but be careful of what you disable...

 

[Shannon]

Originally posted by rjensen11
Did you put those as Always Hide?

You could also prevent them from loading by typing msconfig in the run box and then disabling them from the startup, but be careful of what you disable...

Don't use msconfig, type in services.msc. Why? Because you can't disable system files needed to run your computer in services.msc.

 

[rjensen11]

Originally posted by Shannon
Don't use msconfig, type in services.msc. Why? Because you can't disable system files needed to run your computer in services.msc.

Meh, while I use Windows, I'll stick with msconfig
Why? Because I have good control over what gets started up when the OS loads, I can see the paths of where the programs are installed, and I can tell which programs are for the individual user's boot or for all users.

 

[Kelly]

I have a windows XP question too

Just got new pc and it has windows xp pro installed ( pretty cool ) anyway my question is this...

What are these stupid gray box pop ups that spam my screen with crap like this...

'stop these pop ups click here'

'hi there come see my webcam'

'messenger warning click here to protect your system'

now all I do is close them, I dont click ok cause I'm not sure what they are. Are they part of this xp thing a messenger service in windows ? how can I get rid of them ?

 

[Sage]

Originally posted by lotus350
how can I get rid of them ?

Buy a Mac?











Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist. And, I'd help you if I could, but of course I've never run into that kind of problem...

 

[duo17]

Lotus, check this thread. You might have to disable windows messenger, but I'm not sure about what pop-ups you are getting.

OA

 

[duo17]

If you are getting those same sort of pop-ups then you need to disable messenger. Check post 5 in that thread to disable it.

OA

 

[Kelly]

Thankyou, I have just done that I'll find out soon enough if it has done the trick .

 

[duo17]

Yeah, those things really started to annoy me when PunkRock made that thread. I disabled it then and I haven't had a problem since.

OA

 

[risingson77]

Originally posted by rjensen11
Meh, while I use Windows, I'll stick with msconfig
Why? Because I have good control over what gets started up when the OS loads, I can see the paths of where the programs are installed, and I can tell which programs are for the individual user's boot or for all users.

XP gives you control over services from the Administrative Tools menu.