The icons in your computer’s system tray can tell you a great deal about your computer, but many users rarely ever look at this important part of the computer screen. If your computer is running slowly or freezing up, it is a good idea to take a look at the icons in the system tray. Each icon represents a running program–and if there are too many programs running at once, your system could run low on memory and begin to become unstable. Click the “Startup” tab and look at the list of programs that start every time your computer is rebooted. The information on the tabs will give you an indication of the program and its function; you can use that information to decide whether or not the program needs to start when your computer does. Certain things, like your antivirus and anti-spyware protection, should never be turned off, but there may be unneeded programs also set to start automatically. After you have made the necessary changes to the system configuration utility, you will need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect. When your computer restarts, you should no longer see the items you removed in the system tray. Writer Bio
