RE: Loss of Icons in System tray (bottom right) with XP

Hi,
Seeing as you asked for "opinion," here goes:
Try "Spybot search and destroy" advanced mode. On the left hand side, you
will see "tools" as an option, click on that, and then select "system
startup"--that will list most processes you are looking for that are
scheduled to start with the computer--you can deselect them if need be.

I'd also think that you'd do well to restore to a point before you had
problems, and play around with deselcting processes with spybot. Maybe you
can find a better way of uninstalling incd.

but, judge for yourself, this is just what I'd do.


"Sean McHugh" wrote:

> I have been having problems with my computer not shutting down. I have
> also been having the computer lock up _after_ burning CDs with Nero.
> The latter was possibly due to InCD being corrupted by an early
> (incompatible with XP) version of Roxio Easy CD Creator, which had been
> uninstalled. The Task Manager showed rundll32.exe as permanently
> running.
>
> I performed an uninstall of InCD. This had three effects. Rundll32 no
> longer inappropriately resided in the System Tray, and I could now shut
> down normally. I haven't tried/needed to burn a CD yet.
>
> The third effect wasn't so desirable. I lost all the icons from the
> System Tray, except for the volume control. In another user's login,
> all the same icons have gone with two exceptions. They are Windows
> Messanger and Cyberlink Multimedia Launcher.
>
> Using Startup Manager, I have got AVG (antivirus) to activate at
> startup, but not running minimized in the System Tray. AVG seems to
> offer no facility for selecting minimization as default. I had more joy
> with Zone Alarm. One of its EXEs launches it in the System Tray. It
> might be a case of having to reinstall some programs.
>
> My main question is, should I proceed with this or should I restore to
> a point before the uninstall of InCD? I know that it is difficult to
> know what damage might have been done. I would therefore be happy with
> opinion on this. I haven't yet noticed any other ill effects. My other
> question is, does anyone know of an application for managing the System
> Tray and/or the mode of startup operation of programs? Perhaps someone
> has some other suggestion.
>
> I would be grateful for any assistance.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Sean McHugh
>
>
.

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