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Community Newsletter: Q&A: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim
- 1/21/05 8:43 AM
One more item
by RicketsonB - 1/21/05 6:52 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
MSCONFIG is also good for killing unwanted TSR's. It comes with 98 and XP but for some reason was left out of 2000. But you can place a copy of XP's MSCONFIG in a 2000 PC and it works fine.
Bob
MSCONFIG
by CousinJim - 12/9/05 1:06 AM In reply to: One more item by RicketsonBCan you install MSCONFIG under microsoft XP Pro's more strict rules? (ie:Microsoft windows 98 SE Dictionary is rejected by my Windows XP Pro Program).
CousinJim
system tray
by sharkey2003 - 1/21/05 7:47 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
System Mechanic lets you chose which program load up in the system tray.
$34.95 or your time./?
Keeping the windows system tray lean and trim
by liz4cherry - 1/21/05 8:01 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have found that preventing certain programs from starting with windows if fine if the program vender makes it easy to prevent it in the preferences menu but there is a sure way of getting rid of these pesky little horrors from the system tray without fuss and hastle and with complete safety this can be done with system mechanic a free trial version is available for download at http://www.iolo.com/ in the form of system mechanic 5. As well as clearing your computer of junk which builds up it has a very useful utility called manage windows startup, this enables you to enable and disable what ever programs you like from starting up with windows and then to save the startup profile this means that whenever windows is started it only loads up the programs which you choose, if it turns out that you have accidentally disabled a program such as an antivirus program which you wanted to load with windows just enable it again. I have found that this is far more effective that msconfig as with msconfig there is sometimes a need to continually keep checking the startup and sometimes it doesnt save the items and then there is a need to keep unchecking the programs which you dont want to start with windows. With this program once you have decided which you do and don't want to start with windows and saved this as a profile then you can load this profile any time you like further more it will stay like that until you alter it meaning that if you have a game which relies heavily on resources you can save a profile for this game with everything disabled so that there is not a drain on system resources this can then be saved as a profile, the advantages of this over msconfig are that if you have a game which requires maximum resources you would have to run msconfig and then uncheck boxes being careful not to disable certain programs, with system mechanic it takes all the potential problems out of the equation and profiles can be saved for different scenarios.
A free 30 trial is available at the above web site and it can be easily purchased from computer software retailers or from the site direct.
I hope this takes the guessing out of the system tray and msconfig. I personally have found it to be indispendable for running games that require a lot of resources.
A suggestion for managing start-up programs.
by godfreyjd - 1/21/05 9:34 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
There is a utility called "StartUp Manager", from Kiss Software, which I have found to be very helpful in managing start-up programs in Win 2000. I think that it is also supposed to be compatible in Win XP. It appears to be a very resourceful program (for $19.95)and has a host of options, including an Active-X manager. I have depended upon it for the past 2-years
and I don't think that it has failed me yet. One nice feature is that in the list of 42 start-up program files, which it currently manages on my machine, one also has the option of unchecking the StartUp Manager program file itself, so that it does not load at start-up. It is available, when needed, from a Desktop icon.
Regards,
John.
/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim
by revstar - 1/21/05 9:49 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
An even easier way is to start Windows 'System Information' tool.
Once running, click on tools, then 'System Configuration Utility', then click Startup.
A window listing all items opened at system startup appear with checked/unchecked checkboxes. Most of these have straightforward names identifying what program they represent and all Systray items appear.
Just uncheck any you no longer wish to appear in you Systray and you're done. A system re-start is required to effect the changes
Easy startup control
by kgalbreth - 1/21/05 10:34 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Here's a link to an easy startup control program.
Much easier than msconfig.
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
ken
answer to Gary
by mniayesh - 1/21/05 11:27 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Hi Gary,
As I've expriencened this problem before,I suggest make a restore point first then RUN : msconfig ,then
click on startup tab and see all the running programes
on the background of your computer.Now,you can remove the check mark next to each one that you don't need to be run at the time of each boot up.then restart yout computer and OS will pop up a question that you can tick "Don't show this ....".After that you won't see that icons in your systray.This action never damage or delete your programes,you can run them whenever you need them.If you did't satisfied,run again configsys,on the first tab tick next to "Let Windows ...,.Thanks
Unwanted systray Icons
by samlopez - 1/22/05 12:05 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
The fastest and easiest way to get rid of unwanted programs is to use msconfig.exe
1. Go to start - run type in msconfig and press enter.
2. Click the startup tab and uncheck the unwanted program.
For Windows 2000 users download msconfig.exe for Windows XP and put in C:\Windows\System32
Windows 98 has msconfig has their own version.
System tray
by CrazzyAl - 1/22/05 12:23 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have been using a free Tweaking tool for the past few years that I have found to be invaluable for cleaning up the systray as well as taking the headache and drugery out of fine tuning Windows.
I have never plugged anyones software on line before , however this one really is free and updated freqently and it works well.
The name of the software is "Freshui", and you can find it at "freshdevices.com".
Try it,it puts everything together in a well organized format that is really easy to use.
Enjoy
Al Hunter
Safety way to removed tray icons
by JohnPoyon - 1/22/05 11:22 PM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
the best way for novices to removed system tray icons is with the program "SYSTEM MECHANIC 5 PRO"...It has a friendly user windows you can enable and disable...I also has others systems tools...for information go to wwww.iolo.com
Note:BJ'S sale this program for $39 dollars
Taskbar
by sjslate1 - 1/23/05 6:26 AM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
How about going to the Start-up menu in the configuration panel by going to "run" in the start menu, and typing "msconfig". When the program begins, go to the last tab labelled "startup". You will then see all your programs and uncheck the ones you do not want to start when you turn on your computer. This is guite effective.
sjslate1
EndItAll
by Mike69poigneur - 1/23/05 8:03 AM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I use a programme called EndItAll to cancel a lot of my automatically loaded stuff. Don't know what the professionals think of this little programme but it doesn't seem to have caused any problems with my system. Would welcome feedback from other users though.
system task tray
by pickone - 1/23/05 8:13 AM In reply to: 1/21/04 Keeping that Windows system tray lean and trim by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
How do you tell which programs, of which tasks to leave running? Many of these items left in the Tray just use letters and unknown names or titles that I dont reconize.
You can
by MarkFlax - 1/23/05 9:25 AM
In reply to: system task tray by pickone
goto a website like;
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm
which lists start-up programs and what they do.
You can also check your running processes, (CTRL+ALT+DEL), at this site;
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm
and see what each process is, and what it does.
Mark
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