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On a Windows 8 machine you have two places to put an icon for a program.
1. The start menu on windows 8 which is the first set of icons you see.
2. The Desktop, which is like the Windows 7 desktop and you put a shortcut here.
This is easy to do as you right click with the mouse and pick "new" then "shortcut".
Then pick browse and pick out the program file you want to run when the icon is pressed.
Then press "OK" and it is stored on the desktop.
On the start menu you have to go to the bottom of the icons to the down arrow.
Press the down arrow and it will take you to the "Apps", which is the list of installed program.
Then scroll sideways to the right until you see the program you want on the screen.
Pick the icon of the program you want on the start menu, with the right hand key of the mouse.
On the menu that pops up, pick "pin to start menu", and its done.
You can re-arrange the icons on the start menu by dragging them around with the mouse.
The system tray in Windows XP is the right side of the small blue bar at the bottom of the screen that houses the clock and a few other small icons. You can add icons to the system tray for ease of access, including the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon, which allows you to easily remove hardware from your computer.
Turn on the Windows XP computer and right-click the taskbar. Select "Properties" from the menu that appears. Check "Hide Inactive Icons", then select "Customize" A new window appears with all of the icons currently on the system tray, along with icons also for some programs that don't appear on the tray. Click next to the icon "Safely Remove Hardware," then check the box "Always Show". Click "Apply". Safely Remove Hardware Icon? http://www.pulpfusion1.com/demotech/e_article000253202.cfm
Hold down left click and move the mouse to the side you want the bar, the release the left click.
Bar will be on side of desktop now.
Do the same thing to reverse the change
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Use your menu button or click on the menu icon in the lower right-hand corner of the desktop screen. When the menu screen comes up, there will be a search bar at the bottom. Type "bluetooth settings". Then click on "bluetooth settings" . When the next window opens up it will give you the option to turn on bluetooth, do so. If this does not work write back.
Sounds like XP. Using the Start button select SETTINGs then select TASKBAR and START MENU. Go to Start Menu and select CLASSIC. Now your familiar Icons will be on the screen.
If you want, on the first screen you can select AUTO HIDE. This will hide the bar at the bottom of the screen giving you more screen size program area. To access the bar just place your mouse on the bottom of the screen and it will come up.
It sounds like you are using chating program such as MSN or AOL. If you can't see it in the bottom right corner, you can check whether there is a arrow on the edge of that bottom right corner, you can click on the arrow to show more icons there. Sometimes the system is set to hide the idle icons in the bottom right corner. You can undo that by right clicking there and choose properties from the pop-up menu and then select the Notification Area tab or something like the System Tray tab depending on the Operating System installed. Then you will see the option to Hide Idle Icons. You can uncheck it to see all the icons.
If the icon is still not there, start it from the Start menu. It should be under Program and Microsoft Live Messenger or AOL Messenger or something like those. If your computer freeze when doing that, you might need to restart, or choose ALT-DEL-CONTROL and select Start Task Manager and kill the process about MSN or AOL. Don't hesitate to turn to me if any questions. Thanks.
The desktop icons and the task bar would generally dissappear if you have a virus on the PC. However, sometimes improper software installations may cause undesired results like we have right now. Instead of trying uninstalling anything, try restoring the system to a previous point using system restore.
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