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When you're trying to concentrate on an urgent report or presentation, the last thing you need from your Windows desktop is a distracting pop-up from the system tray, telling you of some software update that can certainly wait. You can get rid of those pop-ups for good in Windows 7, or you can customize the desktop to show only those pop-ups that you deem worthy.

First, visit the Action Center by opening the Start menu and typing "Action." Click the first entry that appears, which should be Action Center. From the left-hand panel of the Action Center, click "Change Action Center settings," and you'll be taken to a dialog box in which you can deselect a number of types of system messages, including Windows Update notices, backup reminders, or internet security settings. Turn them all off if you want to be left in peace. Click OK to make your selections stick.

That will take care of notifications from Windows, but to control notifications from installed applications, you'll need to open the Start menu and type "Notifications." Click the resulting Notification Area Icons entry, which will open a dialog box of the same name. There, you can see and control the "behaviors" of each of the system tray icons currently installed on your PC. Use the Behaviors drop-down to tell Windows whether to hide or show notifications from each icon, and click OK when you're done.

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Ken-L

This is great info for me for when I soon get a new system and Windows 7!

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