Remove Wireless Network Connection from Notification Area

Hello,

I am using my Intel client to manage my wireless network connection in
Windows XP Pro SP2. (I need to use the Intel client because it supports
wireless protocols not supported by the Windows client).

I would like to remove the Windows wireless network connection icon from the
system tray/notification area and cannot find a way to do this.

Any suggestions?

Right-click your taskbar and select Properties. At the bottom there should
be a Notification Area customization that allows you to show the clock, or
hide inactive icons. Click the customize button next to hide inactive
icons. Scroll down and find the Wireless Network Connection. Select Always
Hide from the dropdown. You probably want to do this for both the connected
and not connected states.

You can also uncheck the "show icon in notification area when connected" box
in the properties window of your Wireless Network Connection.

I hope this helps!

--
Greg Lindsay [MSFT]
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Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
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"Tech109" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:EFBE0275-9774-4E48-8C4C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I am using my Intel client to manage my wireless network connection in
> Windows XP Pro SP2. (I need to use the Intel client because it supports
> wireless protocols not supported by the Windows client).
>
> I would like to remove the Windows wireless network connection icon from
> the
> system tray/notification area and cannot find a way to do this.
>
> Any suggestions?

Thanks. I tried that and it worked. I had heard of this solution before, but
someone else reports that the icon eventually returns after a few reboots.

"Greg Lindsay [MSFT]" wrote:

> Right-click your taskbar and select Properties. At the bottom there should
> be a Notification Area customization that allows you to show the clock, or
> hide inactive icons. Click the customize button next to hide inactive
> icons. Scroll down and find the Wireless Network Connection. Select Always
> Hide from the dropdown. You probably want to do this for both the connected
> and not connected states.
>
> You can also uncheck the "show icon in notification area when connected" box
> in the properties window of your Wireless Network Connection.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> --
> Greg Lindsay [MSFT]
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
>
> "Tech109" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:EFBE0275-9774-4E48-8C4C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using my Intel client to manage my wireless network connection in
> > Windows XP Pro SP2. (I need to use the Intel client because it supports
> > wireless protocols not supported by the Windows client).
> >
> > I would like to remove the Windows wireless network connection icon from
> > the
> > system tray/notification area and cannot find a way to do this.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
>
>

After returning my laptop to its docking station from standy, the icon
returns....this really isn't the solution I was looking for, because now I
have that pesky little "Show hidden icons" arrow and the point of this is
that I want to reduce the clutter of notification area icons that show up.
This only 'masks' the issue. There should be a way to simply remove the icon
from the tray, like you can do with just about every other icon!

"Tech109" wrote:

> Thanks. I tried that and it worked. I had heard of this solution before, but
> someone else reports that the icon eventually returns after a few reboots.
>
> "Greg Lindsay [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > Right-click your taskbar and select Properties. At the bottom there should
> > be a Notification Area customization that allows you to show the clock, or
> > hide inactive icons. Click the customize button next to hide inactive
> > icons. Scroll down and find the Wireless Network Connection. Select Always
> > Hide from the dropdown. You probably want to do this for both the connected
> > and not connected states.
> >
> > You can also uncheck the "show icon in notification area when connected" box
> > in the properties window of your Wireless Network Connection.
> >
> > I hope this helps!
> >
> > --
> > Greg Lindsay [MSFT]
> > (E-Mail Removed)
> >
> > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> > no rights.
> >
> > "Tech109" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:EFBE0275-9774-4E48-8C4C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am using my Intel client to manage my wireless network connection in
> > > Windows XP Pro SP2. (I need to use the Intel client because it supports
> > > wireless protocols not supported by the Windows client).
> > >
> > > I would like to remove the Windows wireless network connection icon from
> > > the
> > > system tray/notification area and cannot find a way to do this.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> >