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In older versions of Windows the notification area icons were limited to 16 colors. Windows Me added support for high color notification area icons. Starting with Windows XP, the user can choose to always show or hide some icons, or hide them if inactive for some time. A button allows the user to reveal all the icons. Starting with Windows ...
Windows XP is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT ... with a popup menu listing the individual windows. The notification area also hides "inactive" icons by ...
Windows XP's user interface for Plug and Play changed with all messages being shown in the notification area as balloon tips. The read-only attribute of files and folders is automatically removed when copying files from optical media using Windows Explorer.
Windows Classic is a visual style that is built-in to the operating system, utilizing the classic Windows look-and-feel that was used in previous versions of Windows prior to Windows XP. Officially titled "Windows Classic style", it is used when the theme service is disabled and in certain other scenarios, such as Win32 console windows or ...
Specifies whether to use Windows XP/Vista or Classic 9x/2000/Me styles on the taskbar and start menu (in versions of Windows prior to 7). Whether the taskbar should Auto-Hide. Whether to show the clock in the notification area. Allows the user to manage the tray icons.
The Microsoft Sound, as well as Windows 2000's startup and shutdown sounds under the names Windows Logon Sound and Windows Logoff Sound respectively were removed in favor of the new startup and shutdown sounds introduced with Windows XP. It is no longer possible to save or delete schemes under the Appearance tab of Display Properties.
Notification area: Allows programs to display icons representing their status as well as pop-up notifications associated with those icons. By default, Windows volume control, network status, Action Center, date and time are displayed in this area. Windows 11 combines the notification center and clock/calendar into one menu.
UPnP IGD devices do not show up in Network Connections or in the notification area. Status information and statistics of the connection through the internet gateway is not available as could be viewed in Windows XP. NAT port mappings can be set up from the gateway device's Properties-> Settings in Network Explorer.