Showing posts with label Notification Area. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Notification Area. Show all posts

Monday, August 8, 2011

I can't stop a document from printing


Cause: If you chose to print a document and now you want it to stop printing, you can use the print queue. The print queue is particularly helpful when you have a long document that you no longer want to print.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Tooltips Not Displaying in Windows XP

Fix System Tray Tooltips Not Displaying in Windows XP


There’s a bug in Windows XP where sometimes the system tray tooltips and popup notifications will show up behind the taskbar, or behind other windows. This is really annoying when you want to use a tooltip.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Disable Balloon Tips in the Notification Area

This task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

Click here: To back and restore registry
To disable balloon tips in the notification area, follow these steps:

1. Click Start--> click Run--> type regedit--> and then press ENTER.


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Clear history from notification area In Windows XP

This task contains steps that helps you  modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.


To clear the Past Items list, perform the following steps: 








1. Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values from the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify


2. Open Task Manager--> click the Processes tab--> click Explorer.exe--> and then click End Process.


3. In Task Manager--> click File--> click New Task--> type explorer--> and then click OK.




To verify that the fix worked, restart your computer. Right click on the system tray--> click on properties--> Scrool down and check if the past items has been cleared.

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