My laptop (an Inspiron 1100) runs XP Home. Over the last week or so, I've noticed a warning icon appearing in the system tray a few times a day. It is a yellow triangle with a black exclamation point ...

Keeping all system tray icons visible helps me stay aware of what’s running in the background. Visible icons aren’t cluttered if screen space allows and background apps are limited. System tray icons ...

I think it happened when we put IE 6.0 on my mom's computer, but I could be wrong. The network connection icon has disappeared from the system tray, and I can't find the setting that puts it back. In ...

In the previous posting, I covered the installation of Process Explorer and setting things up so that it runs automatically at startup time with its icon permanently displayed in the system tray ...

Windows 11 Build 22631.1906 and 22621.1906 just shipped to the Beta Channel. Build 22631.1906 adds the option to hide the time and date in the system tray. The network flyout on the Lock screen has ...

Windows 11 may soon show a system tray indicator notifying when your computer is connected to a VPN, allowing users wishing to browse anonymously to ensure they are connected. With your online data ...

The taskbar is at the center of everything you do on Microsoft’s operating system—launching and closing apps, switching between windows, personalizing the desktop—and has been around in some form ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Currently, there isn't a convenient way to access Google Tasks from a desktop computer. While Google services like Calendar and ...