Re: Task Bar Question

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Robert wrote:

Ken

Thank you very much. The information was/is very helpful.


You're welcome. Glad to help.

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"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

Robert wrote:

I have a number of icons that load automatically in my task bar
notification area even though I'm not running the program.


If they appear there, you *are* running those programs


First,
does the number of icons in the task bar notification area affect my
computer's performance and if so, how do I remove them from
appearing at all?


No, the *number* is irrelevant. See below.

First, note that you should be concerned with *all* programs that
start automatically, not just with those that go into the tray. Not
all autostarting programs manifest themselves by an icon in the tray.

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you
actually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show
icon" option). Many can easily and best be stopped that way. If that
doesn't work, run MSCONFIG from the Start | Run line, and on the
Startup tab, uncheck the programs you don't want to start
automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose of
running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many people
tell you, you should be concerned, not with how *many* of these
programs you run, but *which*. Some of them can hurt performance
severely, but others have no effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you should
do is determine what each program is, what its value is to you, and
what the cost in performance is of its running all the time. You can
get more information about these at
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it there,
try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent informed
decision about what you want to keep and what you want to get rid of.

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