SqueakMail -
Since I'm running Win 95, and as a result don't have msconfig.exe (glibly referred to above), I had to do clear up my systems tray the old fashioned manual way
Not sure whether this will work in Win 98 but ... From Start Button, choose Settings | Taskbar | Start Menu Programs | Remove
Scroll down the list and click on "Startup" then simply take out the items you no longer wish to see. Easy isn't it?
When you restart your computer, there may still be a few items left. These are
not started up from the Startup Menu but from the autoexec.bat or config.sys file, and they start before Windoze (usually things like virus checkers).
BTW, if you just want to get rid of the icons in the tray temporarily, just depress the shift key after you have entered the password and keep it held down until the desktop screen appears.
Also, if you get rid of the log-on password, you will have to re-eneter your password every time you log on. Another little Windoze gotcha. That seems to be the only purpose served by the log-on password - if you hit "cancel" instead of entering a password, the system will still startup. Stupid if you ask me.
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