Re: icons in sys tray won't load

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From: JohnK (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/18/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:32:36 -0800

I've done that. System Tray or systray.exe are not among
the options to be checked. How can I get it into the
Startup list so that I can check it?

JohnK

>-----Original Message-----
>If you go to the system config utility and open it,
there will be a series
>of tabs across the top of the application. Select
startup tab, scroll down
>the list and you will see systray in the left column.
Make sure that it is
>checked.
>
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>Robert Rhea
>Microsoft
>"JohnK" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:122fd01c3f58e$4176c610$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I posted a similar article earlier but there are some
>> changes that I've made:
>>
>> Our XP home computer recently had some 'ad-ware'
>> downloaded on it causing pop-ups to appear and alerts
on
>> my McAfee firewall. I ran Adaware 6 which found a lot
of
>> suspicious files so I quarantined them. I also ran
McAfee
>> virus scan which found some possible worms which it
>> deleted. Although the pop-ups have stopped, now the
icons
>> in the system tray (volume) don't appear when I log on
to
>> my account. I read an article which said to
>> go to msconfig and 'check' system tray (systray.exe) in
>> the startup tab. I couldn't find 'systray.exe'. It is
>> not at c:\windows\system\ but there is a systray.exe in
>> c:\windows\system32\. I can't find the file in the
delete
>> folder or in the Adaware quarantine file.
>> Do I need it?
>> and how do I get it back without a complete
>> reinstallation of XP?
>> Is this, in fact, what is causing my icons to not load?
>>
>> Also, it takes longer now to log on to each account.
The
>> computer says 'loading your personal settings' and then
>> sits there for over a minute before it starts to
display
>> my desktop.
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>> .
>>
>> JohnK
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