Status/Notification messages in tray/notification area

[Guest]

How can you retrieve these messages if they disappear before you get a chance
to read them.
Or can you set these to stay on longer or stay on until you close them?

 

[Guest]

If the user does not appear to be using the computer, the system does not
count this time towards the timeout.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms538121.aspx

 

[Guest]

Yes, I've noticed this, but it doesn't answer original question: Can a user
do anything to change the timeouts or retrieve them?
The shortcut/url seems to be programing geek stuff that I have no idea about.