Over the years, I’ve personalized almost every corner of my Windows setup. Right from keyboard shortcuts to powerful utilities, I’ve done it all. But I don’t know how I have ignored one of the most ...

The system tray icon for Microsoft Security Essentials allows easy access to the anti-virus application's user interface in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. If the icon doesn't appear in the ...

A few months back I explained how Windows 7 users can use built-in tools to create a system-repair disc–an important step to take given that few PCs these days come with one. A reader who uses Vista ...

Windows 11/10 displays the Windows Defender icon in the Notification Area of your taskbar. In this post, we will see how to hide, disable or remove the Windows Defender icon from the System Tray when ...

The Windows System Tray is something of a necessary evil. It shows status icons for various system elements (like volume and network connections) and programs running in the background (like MozyHome ...

Nathan is a tech journalist from Canada who spends too much money on gadgets. You can find his work on Android Police, Digital Trends, iMore, Mobile Syrup and ZDNET. Nathan studied journalism at ...

When icons start disappearing from Windows Vista's system tray—like the networking, volume control, or time display—and you can't restore them from the standard options menus, the itch to re-install ...

This week, Microsoft officially announced Windows 10’s release date, and allowed you to reserve a copy through an icon that appeared in your system tray. But after that, the system tray icon ...

While browsing the web, I happened to come across another similar tool by the name – NPower Tray. NpowerTray is another tool that creates a system tray icon to manage standard power options like ...