Loss of Icons in System tray (bottom right) with XP

[Sean McHugh]

I have been having problems with my computer not shutting down. I have
also been having the computer lock up _after_ burning CDs with Nero.
The latter was possibly due to InCD being corrupted by an early
(incompatible with XP) version of Roxio Easy CD Creator, which had been
uninstalled. The Task Manager showed rundll32.exe as permanently
running.

I performed an uninstall of InCD. This had three effects. Rundll32 no
longer inappropriately resided in the System Tray, and I could now shut
down normally. I haven't tried/needed to burn a CD yet.

The third effect wasn't so desirable. I lost all the icons from the
System Tray, except for the volume control. In another user's login,
all the same icons have gone with two exceptions. They are Windows
Messanger and Cyberlink Multimedia Launcher.

Using Startup Manager, I have got AVG (antivirus) to activate at
startup, but not running minimized in the System Tray. AVG seems to
offer no facility for selecting minimization as default. I had more joy
with Zone Alarm. One of its EXEs launches it in the System Tray. It
might be a case of having to reinstall some programs.

My main question is, should I proceed with this or should I restore to
a point before the uninstall of InCD? I know that it is difficult to
know what damage might have been done. I would therefore be happy with
opinion on this. I haven't yet noticed any other ill effects. My other
question is, does anyone know of an application for managing the System
Tray and/or the mode of startup operation of programs? Perhaps someone
has some other suggestion.

I would be grateful for any assistance.


Best regards,


Sean McHugh

 

[Guest]

Hi,
Seeing as you asked for "opinion," here goes:
Try "Spybot search and destroy" advanced mode. On the left hand side, you
will see "tools" as an option, click on that, and then select "system
startup"--that will list most processes you are looking for that are
scheduled to start with the computer--you can deselect them if need be.

I'd also think that you'd do well to restore to a point before you had
problems, and play around with deselcting processes with spybot. Maybe you
can find a better way of uninstalling incd.

but, judge for yourself, this is just what I'd do.

 

[Sean McHugh]

Hi,
Seeing as you asked for "opinion," here goes:
Try "Spybot search and destroy" advanced mode. On the left hand side, you
will see "tools" as an option, click on that, and then select "system
startup"--that will list most processes you are looking for that are
scheduled to start with the computer--you can deselect them if need be.

Hi Gabbon,

I did try Adaware and Spybot but I was unaware of that feature in the
latter.

I'd also think that you'd do well to restore to a point before you had
problems, and play around with deselcting processes with spybot. Maybe you
can find a better way of uninstalling incd.

That was possibly a long time ago, so I have been trying to avoid it. I
have been wrongly blaming Mailwasher. I now think that the problem
occured when I tried to install Easy CD Creator over the top of
Nero/InCD. I uninstalled it immediately. What I should have done is
gone to the previous restore point straight away. Perhaps by using your
suggestion (regarding Spybot) and stopping the starting of programs -
those that are getting clobbered with the InCD uninstall - there will
be less damage when I go to an earlier restore point and do the
uninstall again. After that, I can reselect those startup programmes.

but, judge for yourself, this is just what I'd do.

You have given me further options to try. Thanks for that.

Best regards,


Sean McHugh