For the annoying messages see this. 
Be careful though, as it requires editing the registry. As for the network icon you 
go to Control Panel --> Network Connections. Right-click the connection you want, 
choose Properties. On the dialog box that opens there's a tick box you can mark or 
unmark to make the icon show in the tray.







On Saturday, August 7, 2004 at 9:45 pm, Arvind Raghavan wrote:

>I have a question about Turn 

>off Animation (menus, windows, etc.):


>

>I would like to turn off the annoying messages that popup from the system tray especially 

>the ones that are related to the network cable unconnected etc.

>

>Also I would like to leave some of the network icons there but not all of them eg. 

>I would like to leave the wireless one but remove the others. Is there any easy 
way 

>to do this. I tried to do this via Taskbar properties, hide inactive icons, customize 

>and said to hide the icon always. It works but when I restart the icons are back.

>

>
 

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