Windows 10: white circle in tray

Discus and support white circle in tray in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Lately I traced a little white circle popping in the tray and disappearing. Not enough time to see anything but location. Is it malware? can I get... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by zivshosh, Mar 25, 2017.

  1. zivshosh Win User

    white circle in tray


    Lately I traced a little white circle popping in the tray and disappearing. Not enough time to see anything but location.
    Is it malware?
    can I get rid of it?
    I didn't notice anything different in the list of processes or anything added to windows or users folder.
    Of course I only made superficial check.
    I'm in windows 10 pro
    Thank you

    :)
     
    zivshosh, Mar 25, 2017
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  2. BulldogXX Win User
    BulldogXX, Mar 25, 2017
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  3. P. C.Gray Win User
    no internet connection on Windows 10 boot

    You may think that, but I sure don't know exactly what I did. For instance, the big red X'd circle is gone and the white dot on icon is the system tray is on the bottom. Then I happen to notice it jump to the top and back to the bottom and, at the same
    time, I noticed the OneDrive icon on my desktop blink, I don't use One Drive but, apparently, it accesses the 'net; maybe, there was some kind of conflict going on.
     
    P. C.Gray, Mar 25, 2017
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  4. swarfega Win User

    white circle in tray

    Its Windows letting you know that the location radio has been accessed. It's normal behaviour. I believe you can disable it if you wanted to.
     
    swarfega, Mar 25, 2017
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  5. zivshosh Win User
    thanks
    really quick answer
    I didn't know there was a radio
    and I don't know how to neutralize it
     
    zivshosh, Mar 25, 2017
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  6. swarfega Win User
    Don't confuse the term radio with radio as in FM. The term here just means things that broadcast.

    I believe the way to disable it is to go into settings, search "location" and click on location privacy settings. There you can see Location service which can be disabled.

    It's worth spending time in the privacy section of settings and disabling things you don't want.
     
    swarfega, Mar 25, 2017
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  7. zivshosh Win User
    thanks
    couldn't find broadcast in settings
    but I can live with it
    thanks again
     
    zivshosh, Mar 25, 2017
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  8. Edwin New Member

    white circle in tray

    Settings/Privacy/Location


    white circle in tray [​IMG]
     
    Edwin, Mar 25, 2017
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  9. zivshosh Win User
    found it!
    turned it off, but it reappeared
    maybe I should restart
    anyway I'm not worried due to your explanations
    many thanks
    problem solved
     
    zivshosh, Mar 26, 2017
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  10. spunk Win User
    This may be different then just the Locations setting. It would be in the preferences of the app you opened.
     
    spunk, Apr 5, 2018
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