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From: "Sondra Miller-Prowett" <>
Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Startup icons in tray beside clock
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:32:12 -0800
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Thanks Lance! As always your suggestions are timely and helpful!
I find these addes system tray icons annoying as well :)
S o n d r a
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lance" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Startup icons in tray beside clock


> Another option, Lloyd, is to use Startup Inspector with a more
> friendlier user-interface (and free!):
>
> [QUOTE]
> Startup Inspector lets you view and optionally disable programs that
> are currently set to start automatically with Windows. In addition to
> the details that are extracted from the registry, it can also consult
> an online database that can provide additional information in plain
> English (if available). In addition, it displays a user rating that
> indicates whether other users find the particular entry to be of any
> use. The program is easy to use and comes with an attractive interface
> - it is designed to list and either disable or enable startup entries;
> it does not provide options to modify them or add new ones. [END
> QUOTE]
> http://www.webattack.com/get/startupinspector.html
>
> Lance
>
> On 2/18/06, Lloyd Hite <> wrote:
>> At 05:53 AM 2/17/2006, you wrote:
>>
>>
>> >2) Using MSCONFIG and looking at the [ Startup ] tab, but here you
>> >have to be careful as the list isn't always as clear as it could be
>> >and some programs have more than one entry associated with them.
>>
>> Thank You Barry,
>> I have 2 or 3 icons in there that are for programs I installed the
>> other day and I do not want them in there using unnecessary
>> resources. I had cleaned out several of them quite some time ago and
>> had just forgot how to access the site. It came back to me when I
>> read your e-mail.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Lloyd
>
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