Your network card is likely fine if the Wi-Fi icon is missing. Use these troubleshooting steps to quickly bring it back.

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 ...

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 ...

Keeping all system tray icons visible helps me stay aware of what’s running in the background. Visible icons aren’t cluttered if screen space allows and background apps are limited. System tray icons ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows: If you're tired of a taskbar cluttered with applications that you need to have open but can't be properly hidden or minimized, HideIt allows you to minimize any application to your Windows ...

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 ...

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 ...