"Negative reduction" for the operating system tray Area"

I believe that you are familiar with the Windows taskbar, which is a type column containing the "Start" menu on the desktop. On the far right side of the taskbar, there is a System Tray Area (System Tray Area) with some cute small icons. However, after a long time, as the number of software installations increases, everyone likes to settle in there, causing too much congestion. As a matter of fact, we can place some "self-families" and allocate more space to "guests ".

1. Volume Control

A small yellow speaker icon appears in the system tray area of the taskbar by default on a computer that has successfully installed the sound card driver. We can use it to adjust the sound volume. In fact, I think this can be completely removed! Because once we adjust the volume to an appropriate amount, we usually seldom use it. Therefore, you can click the "Start"> "set"> "Control Panel" command and double-click "Sound and multimedia" on the open control panel ", deselect the "display volume control on Taskbar" option (1) After adjusting the volume to the appropriate size ). In this way, the volume control will not appear on the taskbar. Of course, if you want to adjust the volume again, select "start"> "program"> "attachment"> "Entertainment"> "volume control.

2. Input Method icon

The importance of the Input Method in Windows is self-evident, so the input method icon is also placed in the system tray area by default in Windows. In fact, if we enter the control panel, double-click the "keyboard" icon, select "Input Method region Settings", and deselect the "enable indicator on the taskbar" option (2 ), then we can use the shortcut key to operate the input method. Sometimes, we can use the hotkey in the Chinese Input Method to get twice the result with half the effort:

Left or Right Ctrl + Space key Chinese/English input method Switch

Shift left or right + Space key fullwidth/halfwidth Switch

Ctrl + periods on the left or right to switch between Chinese and English characters

Left or Right Ctrl + Left Shift cycle from bottom select Input Method

Left or Right Ctrl + right Shift cycle from top select input

In this way, we generally do not install too many input methods, but put the two most commonly used input methods at the beginning and end, you only need to press Ctrl + Left Shift or Ctrl + right Shift, and press Ctrl + space when not in use. This is really convenient.

3. system time

Do callers, mobile phones, and watches only need to be used for communication at ordinary times? Why not save the valuable system tray space through watches? In fact, we generally have watches, mobile phones, and other tools that can display time. Isn't the system time space in the tray area allowed? Right-click the blank area of the taskbar and select "properties" from the slide menu. In the displayed window, deselect the "show clock" option (3) and click "OK, does the rightmost time at the tray disappear at once?

4. Network Status

The network status icon stays in the task tray area. I think it is also cumbersome for three reasons:

(1) It cannot increase our network speed. On the contrary, it will occupy system resources;

(2) It cannot reduce the network fee, and the ISP will not reduce the time because of its existence;

(3) it affects your mood. Every time you look at the slow speed and display the fast time, you may feel something in your mind ......

Based on this, we should also remove it from the taskbar tray!

Click Start → set → network and dial-up connections, select a connection, right-click, and select Properties ", in the displayed settings window, cancel the "show icon in the taskbar after connection" option (4) and exit.

How do I clean up all these "family members" in the tray area? (5 )? In this way, more "guests" can be accommodated.