Harold, you don't have to have that security icon displayed all the time. Go to control panel and open the security center. On the left of that window you'll see something that says "Change the way Security center alerts me." Then you'll see 3 check boxes. I've turned them all off now.
There is also a little program that hides tray icons until you want to see them. It's called PS Tray Factory. http://www.pssoftlab.com/ I kid you about being slightly obsessive ... Well I own this program so you can see how obsessive I am. I just cannot stand icons in my system tray that I don't want to see. It's about $25 now. Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harold B. Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 8:36 AM To: PC Works_LIST Subject: PCWorks: Re: Stubborn icons in the System Tray >> ORIGINAL <clip> Does anyone know where in the system I can remove the "System Security Alerts " icon OR, is there any program that removes "stubborn" icons from the System Tray? While I'm at it, there is also an icon there called "Safely Remove Hardware" and when open, there are two icons listed both eading "USB Mass Storage Device" (which contrary to the name, "Safely Remove Hardware," will never stay emoved). Since nothing else ever appears in that "Safely Remove Hardware" window, I might use the above mentioned System Tray "stubborn icon emover" (if there is one) to also remove that "Safely Remove Hardware" icon. I'd be happy to keep just three icons in that System Tray (AVG, ZoneAlarm, and the internet connection; I don't count the clock as an icon). --- Harold FROM WALLY: Harold, evidently you are leaving your flash drive lugged in all the time. If you remove it when the icon says it is "safe to remove hardware" (when the flash drive is not being accessed), the icon will go away. --- Wally RESPONSE: Yes I am, Wally. Now why didn't I realize that "USB Mass Storage Device" is my flast drive? I always keep that drive connected as that is where I have both my zipped or setup files for the various programs I use (and sometimes have to re-inatall for whatever reason) and equally important, that is where I back up whatever new or edited work I do (website, letters, spreadsheets, etc). I even have my entire "C:\Documents and Settings" folder backed up if a complete reformat should be necessary. That $60 investment if I remember correctly, for a 1 Gig drive (small enough to wear around my neck as a pendant if I have to carry it someplace) makes R/W CD's obsolete for me. I've even seen 5 Gig flash drives on the market. R/W CD's worked fine with me when using Win 98 but immediately gave me trouble when upgrading to Win XP what with the need to use Sonic along with R/W's. I never got the hang of it. In Win 98 the R/W's worked like a floppy; in XP (with me at least), every file saved became "read only". And my Attache (that's with an accent over the e) made life a lot easier. I even have a second (I call it "Flash 2") one to back up the one plugged in (that's Flash 1). So I keep a folder on the desktop called "for Flash 2" and everytime I put or save something in "Flash 1" that's plugged into the USB port, I save it also in "for Flash 2" periodically moving it into the actual "Flash 2" drive. I suppose everyone has his/her own system for "doing things". --- Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
