System Tray

What is the System Tray

This is a menu where certain programs are listed that continue to run while you are using your computer. The programs, running there, are like your refrigerator, hot water heater and your Central heating and air system in your house. Four things that you might find there are: your internet connection status, the master Volume to your computer, JAWS, and your battery level if you are using a laptop. More than likely, you will see more programs there; but, they will very from computer to computer. This menu is just a vertical list where you will just up and down arrow through the list and enter on the option you are needing to make changes. Do not enter on anything in this list unless you know what you are doing. The only reason we are informing you of this area is because you may hear someone talking about the System Tray from time to time. We are encouraging you not to explore this area before you are confident with your computer because if you make the wrong adjustment to any of the programs hear, you may cause a malfunction of your computer system. The System Tray shows little icons around the clock at the bottom of the Desktop for those, who have usable vision, can click on them to access that area. The command to access this menu, for a JAWS user, is "JAWS f11". If you want to get out of this menu, just press the escape key.

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