Are you sure that you mean it's in the "Quicklaunch" bar which is on the left side of the lower task bar? Or is it in the System Tray portion of the taskbar which is on the lower right side? The Quicklaunch bar won't cause the "Help and Support Center" to be dialed at start up. IN order for that to happen it will be listed in a "start up call" somewhere.
If it is in the Quicklauch portion, then...Right click on a blank area of the bottom taskbar. Now, Unlock the task bar, if there is a check by it, by clicking on the "Lock Taskbar". Now go to the "Help and Support Center" icon on the left side of the lower taskbar, hold down the RIGHT mouse button and drag it to the desktop, choose "Move Here" when you release the mouse button.
If the "Help and Support Center" icon is in the lower right corner, then you might check for the start up call in this location first. Click on Start-All Programs, then click on the "Start Up" listing. If there is a "Help and Support Center" listing, RIGHT click on it, choose "Delete".
If it's not in the "Start Up" listing, then click on Start-Run, type "msconfig" (without the quotes), then click on OK. When the System Configuration Utility loads, click on the "Start Up" tab. Look through the start up programs there and if the "Help and Support Center" is listed there, UNCHECK the option, then click on "Apply", then OK, and you'll be asked to restart the computer. Do it. When the computer restarts , you are likely to get a "Selective STart Up" message. Choose the option so that you don't continue getting the message each start up.
Hope this helps and let us know how it goes.\
Grif
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