Show or hide Safely Remove Hardware icon in Windows 10

People who use the Windows operating system are aware of the Safely Remove Hardware functionality. This is a very useful function to protect the data on the USB from any harm when ejected from a computer. But many people tend […]

Add, Remove, Arrange Quick Action Buttons in Windows 10

Windows 10 v 1607 and later makes it easier for you to add, remove or arrange the Quick Action buttons in the Notifications & Actions Center. The Action Center displays 4 Quick Actions, with an option that lets you Expand […]

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The peculiar case of the jumping Systray Menus in Windows 10

Some of us have had the experience of facing some quirk or bug, at some point in time, while using the Windows OS. While such issues may be acceptable in Insider Builds, what does one do when one faces buggy […]

Remove Windows Defender Action Needed or Recommended notification

If you are a Windows 10 user, I am sure you must have experienced this sometime. If you see the Notifications Area, you might have seen the Windows Defender icon display an exclamation mark in a yellow triangle with an […]

Bluetooth icon missing in Windows 10/8/7

Normally, the system tray of the taskbar or the notification area of Windows 10 is the place where Bluetooth icon resides and appears when turned on. It performs multiple functions like allowing a user to join personal area network, adding […]

Battery icon missing from Taskbar; Power button setting grayed out in Windows 10

Windows 10 is a pretty feature-rich operating system. However, some people have faced different issues after upgrading to Windows 10. After upgrading or after installing Windows Updates, if you do not see the battery icon on the Taskbar, here is […]

How to disable Quick Action icons in Windows 10 Action Center

If you do not have much use for the Quick Action icons in the Action Center of Windows 10, you can easily remove or hide those 4 displayed buttons. The Notification & Action Center on Windows 10, displays important notifications […]

Choose Quick Actions to display in Windows 10 Action Center

Quick Actions in the Notifications and Action Center of Windows 10 lets you perform actions quickly on your often accesses functions or features. These could be All settings, Connect, Battery saver, VPN, Bluetooth, Brightness, Note, Tablet Mode, Wi-Fi or Quiet Hours. You can […]

How to minimize Outlook to System Tray in Windows 10/8.1

If you use Microsoft Outlook on Windows 10/8.1, as your default email client, then you may have noticed that, when you minimize Outlook, it minimizes to the taskbar and continues to occupy space. This can create a problem if you […]

Remove or Clear past icons in Notification Area in Windows 7

The notification area or the system tray is located on the right side of the Windows taskbar. It displays icons of some programs which are currently active on your PC, and notifications if any. Typically, to remove an icon from […]

Change Balloon Tip Time for Windows notifications using Balloon Tip Time Changer

Balloon Tip Time Changer for Windows 8/7 or Notification Time Changer for Windows 10 is a simple freeware tool that lets you customize and set your own time for the balloon tips or Windows notifications to stay open in your taskbar […]

Minimize application windows & programs to Notification Area instead of Taskbar

If you’d like to minimize your windows explorer, notepad and other applications to the System Tray instead of to the taskbar on your Windows PC, RBTray is a freeware that you want to check out. Minimize applications to System Tray […]

Get the XP/Vista style 2-monitor Network Activity Indicator in Windows 7

Remember the XP days when the network activity icon was a pair of monitors and they used to blink ? It also had its own advantages. Like when we used to hover the mouse over it, we immediately used to […]

How to hide Windows 7 Notification Area & System Clock

If you’d like to display a clean Windows 7 taskbar, you will have to hide the notification area and the system clock which appears on the right side if the Windows taskbar. To hide the notification area or the system […]

How to hide the Notifications Area in Windows 7

If you’d like to hide the system tray or the notifications area in Windows 7 you can do so as follows.

Set Windows 7 notification dialog boxes to stay open longer

While many prefer to turn off the Windows notification dialog boxes, which appear in the right side taskbar bottom corner near the notification area/system tray, there may be others who find its time of display, to be short! Set Windows […]

Fix It: Notification Area Icons missing in Windows 8/7

Has it happened with you that on starting your Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista computer, you have found that the system icons, like the Network, Volume or the Power icons do not appear in the notification area ? […]

System icons not showing or missing from Windows 7/8/10 Taskbar

Sometimes you may find that your System Tray Notification Area Icons, like Clock, Volume, Network or Power missing or momentarily disappeared in Windows. If you face this issue, here is what you may try: System icons not showing in Taskbar […]

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