Suppress That System Tray

If you are tired of long strings of icons across your Taskbar from the
System Tray, you can hide them altogether.

1. Start > Run >> Regedit

2. Go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\POLICIES\EXPLOR­ER.

3. In the Edit menu, select New and DWORD Value.

4. Name the new Value NoTrayItems-Display.

5. Double-click the new item and give it a Value of 1.

6. Reboot to see it take effect or simply use the WinXP tip to relaunch
Explorer and the Registry with the new settings.

7. Your System Tray will now only contain the system clock.

***To restore your tray icons, return to the NoTrayItemsDisplay Value
and change theValue to 0 or eliminate the Value.