[X4U] Remove icon in Taskbar

[Philip J Robar]

On Mar 2, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> A neighbor has an icon in his PC Taskbar which he can't remove. Is  
> there a method?

Yes, install the updates. :-)

> When he click this icon, he get a message to start the upgrade, but  
> he doesn't know the name of the soft to update. No name is shown.  
> The icon looks like a shield.

It's a yellow shield icon in the group of icons at the right end of  
the task bar, yes? If so it's Microsoft's automatic updating feature.  
People used to debate about whether to blithely accept updates from MS  
of not, but now days you can't afford not to keep up from a security  
standpoint.

 From memory, if they accept the update they can either let it  
automatically download and install the updates or they can choose the  
custom option which lets them choose from a list of updates to  
download. After the updates are downloaded they will start to install.  
If they want to watch the installation process right click on the icon  
and choose the appropriate option (or maybe just double click on it).

Another option is to go to the Automatic Updates control panel and  
choose to let it download and install updates automatically. Then they  
will just get a notice that they need to reboot on occasion.

Phil