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    Live OneCare Icon does not alway appear in system tray when starting my pc.  Is OneCare running when it does not appear?  I think not because when I go to Windows Task Manager, Live OneCare is not showing until I click (open) it, then it appears in Windows Task Manager.  How can I make sure it is always working? 
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:10 PM

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    This typically happens if you have lots of startup items in Windows causing OneCare's notify app to fail to load the icon. What I do (I have two machines that exhibit this behavior consistently) is to start the PC and let it sit at the login screen for up to a minute before I sign into Windows. If your account is not password protected, add a password so it forces you to have a login screen.
    Another option is to disable as much as you can from the startup settings for programs that you don't need running at boot.
    -steve
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    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:54 PM
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