Keeping all system tray icons visible helps me stay aware of what’s running in the background. Visible icons aren’t cluttered if screen space allows and background apps are limited. System tray icons ...

The Windows System Tray is something of a necessary evil. It shows status icons for various system elements (like volume and network connections) and programs running in the background (like MozyHome ...

My laptop (an Inspiron 1100) runs XP Home. Over the last week or so, I've noticed a warning icon appearing in the system tray a few times a day. It is a yellow triangle with a black exclamation point ...

Most of the common platforms — Microsoft Windows, Solaris Operating System, and Linux — will support a system, but some platforms may not. import javax.swing ...

A tray icon is a long-lived application that sits on your computer desktop's system tray. Figure 1 shows some examples of tray icons in the authors system tray. Figure 1 Examples of tray icons in a ...

If you want to disable Windows Update Status icon in the system tray on Windows 11 or Windows 10, here is how to do that. It is possible to enable or disable this icon using Windows Settings, and ...

A few months back I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step to take given that few PCs these days come with one. A reader who uses Vista ...

I frequently utilize the system tray icons to change battery scenarios, viewing wireless networks, etc, especially when my Tablet PC is in tablet mode. I’m finding the user interface (UI) and ...

This week, Microsoft officially announced Windows 10’s release date, and allowed you to reserve a copy through an icon that appeared in your system tray. But after that, the system tray icon ...

I was downloading some eps of 5th gear last night and I noticed an unusual icon in my system tray. I could not get it to do anything if I right or left ...