You are correct, I tend to give too much "other" info that can mislead.
You
have given me several good tips to pursue which I shall now do. and
thanks
also for the info on the IE8.0 slow start. I was not aware of that. Over
the
years you have given me quite a bit of help, PA Bear and I do appreciate
it.
I have recently removed several of the 'Anti' programs you mentioned as
they
seem less valuable today then they were originally.
I will apply some of your tips and see how I make out. Thanks again.
:
Lets start over as you have misunderstood the problem.
Or you didn't describe the problem clearly. Moving on...
Are you running WinXP SP2 or WinXP SP3?
...after the reboot, my notification area
has the old icons back that I removed.
One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
applications may be disallowing the change(s) (upon reboot). These
include
anti-spyware applications (e.g., Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, WinPatrol,
etc),
anti-virus appliations & security suites (Norton, McAfee, ESET/NOD32,
Kasperky, Trend Micro, etc.), and third-party firewalls (e.g., Zone
Alarm,
etc.).
Note that temporarily disabling the application(s) or rebooting into
Safe
Mode may not disable the system protections.
By the way, todays WIN update has slowed my IE 8.0 quite a bit.
Since the Cumulative Security Update for IE (KB963027) released on 14
Apr-09 does not apply to IE8 running in WinXP SP2 or SP3, I'd doubt any
other update released this week would cause such behavior. [Immunize
thread]
See this related discussion:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr..._frm/thread/3ef37656ce18f036/579478566ac1ee9b
Also see...
Internet Explorer 8 takes longer than expected to start:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969938
--
~PA Bear
Joe1 wrote:
Lets start over as you have misunderstood the problem.
I customize the notification area to display only those icons I want
there.
I use the properties option after right clicking on the task bar at
the
bottom of the screen. Everything is now fine. Along comes a reason to
reboot, maybe a Windows update, and after the reboot, my notification
area
has the old icons back that I removed.
All I want to do is to keep the notification area the same after a
reboor
as
before, if that is at all possible. Very simple but I gave too much
info
in
my original question. My error.
Even if I do not get a positive answer, I want to let all you
responders
know you are a great help to those of us who have less familiarity
with
the
OS and for that i give you a hearty "Thank You" for your time and
patience.
By the way, todays WIN update has slowed my IE 8.0 quite a bit. That's
for
later.
:
Does the behavior persist if that BAT is removed or disabled? Why do
you
use it in the first place?
Remove Past Items From Notification Area (Line 53 Left)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Is the above the same script?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
Joe1 wrote:
I have Win XP updated to today running very nicely. At some point in
the
past, I turned on verbose mode to trouble shoot a problem. One of
the
screens indicates the OS is saving my settings during a reboot. Hold
that
thought.
I also have a script I access with a batch program to remove past
items
from
the notification area. Works great and my batch program makes it
easy
to
use.
Problem: Any time I need to reboot, my customization of the
notification
area seems to get lost rather than saved and I need to go through
the
whole
process each time after a reboot. Is there any way to save how I had
my
notification area set up? This is clearly not a significant problem
but
a
kind of pain in the backside kind of complaint.
Thanks for any ideas and keep those little tips on fix-up scripts
coming.
I love them.
