05. Turn System Icons ON/OFF In Notification Area

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The notification area contains system icons such as the clock, volume, network, power etc. These icons can now be turned on or off depending upon whether you want to see them or not, thus making the notification area far less cluttered than previous versions of Windows.

1. Right click on the taskbar.
2. From the drop down menu, select Properties.
3. On the Taskbar tab of the Taskbar and Start Menu properties window, click the Customize button in the notification area section of the tab.
4.  At the bottom of the 'Select which icon and notifications appear on the taskbar' window, Click the 'turn system icons on or off' option.
5.  In the turn system icons On or Off window look for the behaviour column.
6. Locate the icon you wish to turn On or Off and change its option accordingly in the behaviour column
7. Once you have finished, Click OK to exit that window and then click OK again to exit completely.