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Sometimes tray icons can be cluttered and too many of them could be irritating if you unable to find the program that you’re looking for. Follow the steps shown below to cleanup system tray in vista.

1. Right click on empty area on task-bar.
2. Select Properties > Then select “Notification Area” Tab.
3. Turn on “Hide Inactive icons” then click “customize”.
4. You’ll see current active items which you can hide or set to “hide when inactive”.
5. Click OK when you’re done.

Changes will take place immediately once you hit “OK”.

Too many items in temporary folder can slow down the performance of windows operating system. As vista is affected with almost every little thing when it comes to performance it is necessary to clean the temporary folder on regular basis. Windows Vista stores temporary files in these two folders:

Drive:/ Users\{your_user_name}\AppData\Local\Temp
Drive:/ Windows\Temp

Windows vista and applications uses these temporary folders to save the temporary data that is required while application is running and once application is closed those files are not necessary.

You can navigate to these two folders and delete the temporary files manually. You’ll not be able to delete files which are in use. You can also use disk cleanup tool which is available in vista. You can access it from system menu or from command line (cleanmgr.exe).

You can also use CCleaner, Creative elements power tools, easycleaner software to clean the temporary files in vista.

If you’re using windows XP then you can improve the performance of your windows operating system by disabling indexing service. To disable indexing service you can follow these steps:

1. Click Start Button
2. Go to control panel
3. Select Performance and Maintenance
4. Select Administrative tools > Services
5. Select “Indexing Service” > General Tab
6. In the Startup type: select “Disabled”
7. Select the Ok button to close the panel.

This will disable indexing service in windows xp.

If you’re using windows then following softwares will help you check the temperature of CPU.

PC Wizard
Everest
Speed Fan

You can even check the cpu temperature with the help of motherboard utility software. Most popular motherboard companies like asus,asrock, mercury give users such software in CD.

Minimum temperature range

For Intel CPU : Idle: 40 – 55  Load : 55 – 85
For AMD CPU : Idle: 30 – 45 Load: 50 – 70