Para 1 - that was simple! Yes it is running under admin user. Doh!
Para 2 - Notification Area Icons in Control Panel
Para 3 - as we used to say in the Saturday morning kids cinema eons ago - "this is where I came in". I sought to avoid the UAC prompt by having it start on its own - simple, thought I......... It is no problem doing it via the Start folder- apart from the UAC prompt.