Chris Sutcliffe - 2008-12-02

Following up on your questions:

1 - configure emergeHotkeys to enable the Volume keys. For details see:
http://www.emergedesktop.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=469&highlight=vol+volume+keys

2 - run msconfig.exe and see if there any references to Nero. emergeCore is trying to run Nero because it's listed as start up item somewhere.

3 - what notification icons are you referring to?