oane

Sooo....how many programs have you got chugging along in the bottom right corner of yer screen?

I have got just two. The Anti-Virus. And the Dial-up thingy.

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jazzmanzem

9
2 java script icons
download accelerator plus
firewall
quicktime
anti-virus
ipod
volume
webshots

qpid

5: anti virus, network activity light, gametheatre ico, aim, kazaa lite

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BoCo

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WindowBlinds 4 (could be removed if I wanted), APC UPS, MSN Messenger, Trillian, Safely Remove Hardware, Norton, MBM System Temp, MBM CPU Temp, WeatherBug Temp, ZoneAlarm Pro, Kana Reminder (and Kazaa when I'm using it).

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KWSN

4 right now, but when I boot the computer there's a whole damn flood of them. It's a real hassle, cause I can't delete them out of the StartUp menu, partially because they're not IN the StartUp menu.

The ones that are there right now are...

Task Scheduler
Colors Wizard
Gateway GoBack
wapScript 3 pro

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BoCo

Go to Start>Run and type in msconfig. Go to the Startup tab and uncheck those few programs that you have to shut down manually. Don't worry about rebooting until later.

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NoCure

5

Anti-virus
NoAds
Volume Control
Task Scheduler
Configsafe

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KWSN

Holy shit! Thanks!

Well, that's one hassle taken care of.

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snowy

9...msn messenger, network, windows messenger, kazaa, anti-virus, active sync, quicktime and some other stuff.

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Mad_Gecko

network,
MSN
volume
Virus
Firewall
Safely remove Hardware - WTF! I never saw that one before..
/runs away to hack................................ Hehe, ignore that one

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flamingpeach

I've got 9

AIM
MSN
Norton Firewall
JAVA
PC-CAM launcher
Norton Anti Virus
Y! Messenger
my volume control
and winamp


I could use to get rid of a few.

SexyCat

3 here...two for viruses and one for aim

Quadraton

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Let's see. We've got;

Task Scheduler
Volume
Norton System Tray
POW Popup Remover
Creative Audio HQ
ZoneAlarm
Adaptec Create CD
MacAfee Spamkiller
Netscape 7.0
MSN Messenger
System Clock

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zmbabwe

I have a mac, so I don't have a system tray

Pooface

1.System Manager
2.WIndows Update
3.MSN Messenger
4.Volume control
5.Hardware Manager
6.TrueSync
7.Mcafee
8.SiS Utility Tray
9.Weather Bug
10.AOL

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liquid_dreams

7

power level
quick time
msn
sound control
fire wall
updates
cd drive

d4in

5
Volume Control
Network Icon
Image Fox
Windows Update
Gaim

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onodrim

eight I think:
1. AIM
2. internet connection
3. sound options
4. Star Office
5. Quicktime
6. Wallpaper Changer
7. My Printer
8. and the video card

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ratbastid

Mandrake-Linux 9.0. No system tray here!

spectre

7:
ZoneAlarm, MSN Messenger, AIM, mIRC, yahoo IM, cuteFTP, and another program that came with my computer.

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Boner

13:

VNC, Audio Control, InCD (UDF CD Writer), Printer/Fax control, PGP, FS MKII Popup stopper, Network connection, 2 for Motherboard Monitor, Palm HotSync, I-News (weather program), AVG Anti-Virus, Trillian.

Whew!

World's King

MSN Messenger... that's it.

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Atropos4

there's 8
internet connection
proximatron
zone alarm
norton anti virus
disabled network connection
sound
RAM monitor
Safely remove hardware icon (xp is being forced to use a cdrw and doesn't like it)

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WhoaitsZ

anti virusx2, firewall, AIM, java control and winmx when i pull it up

SecretMethod70

Actually there is, but it's used so little you probably don't even realize it (Of course, if you're not using Gnome or KDE I don't think there is a system tray)

So, in my KDE system tray I have...*drumroll*...klipper (clipboard management tool)

In Windows there are a couple things - AIM and a couple others - I think the total is something like 4.

Frosstbyte

I've got 6:
AIM
Progress Quest
Style XP
Windows Media Player
Anti Virus
Microsoft Mouse thing

The only "active" ones (thanks to the nifty autohide that Windows XP has) are usually AIM and Media Player

splck

I have 3
Norton AV corporate edition
Outpost firewall
mother board monitor

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mike2360

12

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forgotten_dream

Eight. And I only know what 4 of them even are. :P

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hiredgun

four. Two AIMs, Ad Muncher, and the standard volume control.

Macheath

six- Norton Anti-Virus, DirectCD, Folding@home, Mozilla, Internet connection and the ole volume control.

rogue49

ZIP,NONE,NADA

I hate that shit,
I try to have nothing running behind the scenes.

RenegadeSoul

Volume Thingy
Anitvirus
Printer
Internet Moniter
Dial up thing
Quicktime
MSN
and sometimes Kazaa

Fremen

Six, right now.

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YzermanS19

3.

AIM
Power Options
Volume Control

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SaltPork

down to 8 now-startup was a killer, used to be 15

Unplug/eject hardware
Volume
Norton
Don't Panic
Network Icon
Trillian
Palm Hotsync
WeatherBug

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Macheath

One thing you can do with redundant behind the scenes programs is look at their names in your Ctrl-Alt-Delete menu, put the program names into google or www.answersthatwork.com to find their identity and then figure out if they can or should be permanently stopped. Loadqm was one of the first things I disabled.

G_Whiz

I'll join in with the ever popular 9.

Basically, that's because I haven't cleaned 'em out in a while. Here's the list: antivirus, cookie killer, mouse, touchware, volume control, pop-up killer, palm sync, quicktime, and msn messanger.

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GreasyP

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I used to have none at all, because I was worried about slowdown. But then I went nuts and added everything I always wanted to my desktop, and discovered it didn't slow down one bit. So I kept it! Yay.

Let's see... PCMCIA thingy, Volume Control, Battery Power Meter, Kazaa Lite, Norton AV, Keyboard thingy for laptop FN key, Web2Pop, Privoxy, Y'z Shadow, Wireless Network Status, LAN Network Status, Winamp, Trillian, M$ Outlook, And two custom apps I wrote to control Winamp with the Windows key and do other random stuff.

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