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System
Tray
In one of the tips
I wrote last week, I happened to mention the term "system tray"
and without thinking much about it, I figured most computer users know
what that is. Well, when I got back into the office on Monday, I had quite
a few e-mails from you all asking me about it. So, evidently I was wrong
and I want to take this time to apologize for never writing a tip on it
before. It should have been covered way back in the very beginning. Hopefully,
some of you will be able to forgive me after today though!
Alright, so what is
the system tray? Basically, the system tray is located at the very bottom
of your desktop in the taskbar (which is the long bar that runs all the
way across your desktop). If you look along the taskbar, you'll see some
icons in the quick
launch area, then you have some open space for any programs, etc.
you have open and then on the very far right, you'll see where the system
tray sits.
The system tray contains
the clock icon, the volume icon and various other icons, depending on
what all you have installed on your computer. Usually, your antivirus
program icon will be there, it's where your printer icon shows up, your
modem icon is there, the safely remove hardware icon sits there and so
on. If you need to use any of the items in your system tray, all you have
to do is double click on the icons and the programs will open. So, as
you can see, the system tray is home to a lot of important applications
on your PC. And now you know all about it. Yes!
~ Erin
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