notification area

[Rita Taylor]

Everytime I turn on my computer, unused icons such as
local area network and Microsoft Messenger pop up in the
notification area, despite the fact that I have followed
all the steps to customize the area by checking always
hide in the dialog box.

This is not an urgent problem, but it is a nuisance.

Can anyone tell me how to solve it permanently?

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

Everytime I turn on my computer, unused icons such as
local area network and Microsoft Messenger pop up in the
notification area, despite the fact that I have followed
all the steps to customize the area by checking always
hide in the dialog box.

Reset the settings. See "How to Clear Past Items from the Notification
Area" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283084).
For Messenger: if do you do not want to use this application:
Start the Messenger and in Tools > Options disable "Run this program
when Windows starts" and "Allow this program to run in the
background". Close the Messenger.
Run REGEDIT.EXE and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express. Insert a new
DWORD entry
Hide Messenger
here and set it to a value of
2