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== Action Center Notifications == == Notifications Area Icons ==
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One new feature of Windows 7 is the Action Center which shows
notifications about the state of the system.
One new feature of Windows 7 is the Action Center which shows notifications about the state of the system.
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Not all notifications are equally important. The notifications concerning security (e.g. messages regarding Antivirus programs) are essential and we recommend you do not turn them off. Theoretically, you should not see not any grave notifications as we are trying to take care of them for you.
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The notifications concering the security are necessary,
like the one that notifies you, when the Antivirus programm
on the workstation does not run.
The other notifications are in general quite configurable. Please read on.
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Notifications concerning the Maintenance can be turned off
in the Control Panel, if they disturb you.
== How to access the Notifications Area ==
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To turn them off, go to:
 * Control Panel - System and Security - Action Center
Either via the Control Panel:

 * Windows-Start -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> Action Center
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Or by right-clicking the taskbar icons (by default in the lower right corner of your desktop) and selection "Customize...":

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== Configuring the Notification Area ==

You should see the following screen in front of you:

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Notifications Area Icons

One new feature of Windows 7 is the Action Center which shows notifications about the state of the system.

Not all notifications are equally important. The notifications concerning security (e.g. messages regarding Antivirus programs) are essential and we recommend you do not turn them off. Theoretically, you should not see not any grave notifications as we are trying to take care of them for you.

The other notifications are in general quite configurable. Please read on.

How to access the Notifications Area

Either via the Control Panel:

  • Windows-Start -> Control Panel -> System and Security -> Action Center

Or by right-clicking the taskbar icons (by default in the lower right corner of your desktop) and selection "Customize...":

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Configuring the Notification Area

You should see the following screen in front of you:

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Workstations/Windows/ActionCenterNotifications (last edited 2020-09-08 10:51:40 by hgiger)