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Remove Network Passwords

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Have you ever entered credentials when logging in a remote computer and then wanted to remove those credentials? Well, that's not too difficult and the procedure is general in most Window platforms. Display the Run window (Window key+R). Type: control userpasswords2 Press Enter. The user accounts window should appear. Press Advanced and then the Managed Passwords button. The Store Credentials window should appear: Alternatively, in Windows 7 we can access this window from the Control Panel, Credential Manager. We can click on the item in the Window Credentials list and then Remove from the Vault and that's all!

"Disappeared" icons at the notification area

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Sometimes, some system or other icons just "disappear" from the notification area (system tray). Even if you try to make them appear from Control Panel, Notification Area Icons the check box options are disabled. What happens is that too many icons have been taken place in the notification area and some of those are "true history" for Windows! The fix is described below and is in fact a registry tweak: Display the Run window (Window key+R). Type: regedit Press Enter. The registry editor should appear. The folder icons on the left are the registry keys, while on the left the values appear. Go to the following key by navigating to the key (ok - this is a long way): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify On the right you will see -among others- the values IconStreams and PastIconsStream . Delete those values (right click and Delete). Restart the system (or terminate the process explorer.exe from the Tas...