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Network Icon Missing
A System Restore will often fix a problem. If it doesn't it can always be
undone. "Peter Foldes" wrote in message ... Bob Why a System Restore? If you do not know how to have his issue fixed then do not tell the OP to do something that is not necessary at all. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Bob" wrote in message ... Run System Restore to a time before you got the blue screen. "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... I've got an Acer Desktop running Vista Home Premium (SP2) with 2 GB of RAM. All WU's are current. I'm Running CA (California Associates) Security Suite software with no conflict issues. Also have MBAM malware software, CCleaner and SuperAntiSpywareProfessional. I use Windows defender and Windows firewall. As far as I know I have no Malware/Spyware, AV issues. I use Firefox for browsing. I got a blue screen the other day while surfing on my Powere Utility Service sites. Upon reboot my desktop came up minus the little Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Also missing was my Realtek HD Audio Manager icon for my PC speakers. I tried re-establishing these but wasn't successful. Then I tried another reboot and the Realtek icon came back, but the Network icon is still missing. I had to do another restart after a power failure and this time the same Network icon was missing. Is there anyway to recover this icon? I looked in `services.msc' to see if I could restart it but it wasn't listed. I have no problems connecting to the internet even though the Network icon is missing. When the icon is there (if I'm connected properly) it has a little blue screen on the icon monitor. Thanks in advance for your fine assistance.................Paul C. |
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Network Icon Missing
A System Restore will often fix a problem. If it doesn't it can always be
undone. "Peter Foldes" wrote in message ... Bob Why a System Restore? If you do not know how to have his issue fixed then do not tell the OP to do something that is not necessary at all. -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Bob" wrote in message ... Run System Restore to a time before you got the blue screen. "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... I've got an Acer Desktop running Vista Home Premium (SP2) with 2 GB of RAM. All WU's are current. I'm Running CA (California Associates) Security Suite software with no conflict issues. Also have MBAM malware software, CCleaner and SuperAntiSpywareProfessional. I use Windows defender and Windows firewall. As far as I know I have no Malware/Spyware, AV issues. I use Firefox for browsing. I got a blue screen the other day while surfing on my Powere Utility Service sites. Upon reboot my desktop came up minus the little Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Also missing was my Realtek HD Audio Manager icon for my PC speakers. I tried re-establishing these but wasn't successful. Then I tried another reboot and the Realtek icon came back, but the Network icon is still missing. I had to do another restart after a power failure and this time the same Network icon was missing. Is there anyway to recover this icon? I looked in `services.msc' to see if I could restart it but it wasn't listed. I have no problems connecting to the internet even though the Network icon is missing. When the icon is there (if I'm connected properly) it has a little blue screen on the icon monitor. Thanks in advance for your fine assistance.................Paul C. |
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Network Icon Missing
Ok, in thinking about my remarks it's probably not the CA license issue that
makes me reluctant to do a Restore. But here's another point regarding CA Security suite: Restores will typically cause my CA Security Suite to declare that my A/V or AntiSpyware protection needs updating. When this happens a yellow caution sign gets placed next to my A/V or AntiSpyware icons. To go from a yellow caution sign to a green checkmark (saying everything is up to date) I have to run a full system scan, then try to update the definitions and software with a CA update application. Those 2 processes can take 2 - 3 hours to complete and sometimes the yellow caution icons won't go away, indicating something else is wrong. At this point my only recourse is to call CA up and spend an hour on the phone with them. This is what makes me reluctant to do restores. I believe what's happening is after a restore, the CA software thinks I've never done those full scans, declares that I'm not adequately protected and requests them again before it will declare that I'm good to go. That said, you might be asking "why the heck do you continue using such a CA product?". The answer is that on both my machines, desktop-Vista and laptop XP, I've never had a virus in almost 4 years with CA running (and lately, with Ad-Aware 2009 running with Ad-Watch live). Ie, I don't want to bother screwing with success. Of course, at this point, any fixes offered are moot since I `fixed' the missing Network icon issue by just waiting and having Vista do something in the background to un-grey the Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Don't know why that happened either but Questor tells me that's not all that uncommon. Thanks for listening............Paul C. "Bob" wrote in message ... What makes you think a SR would have any effect on your CA license ? "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... Bob, thanks for your reply and suggestion. I've contemplated doing a restore but am hesitant since doing that will take me back to a configuration where my CA (California Associates) Security suite (from Road Runner) license renewal might become expired, necessitating another 2 hour phone call with CA to re-initialize my license. Paul C "Bob" wrote in message ... Run System Restore to a time before you got the blue screen. "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... I've got an Acer Desktop running Vista Home Premium (SP2) with 2 GB of RAM. All WU's are current. I'm Running CA (California Associates) Security Suite software with no conflict issues. Also have MBAM malware software, CCleaner and SuperAntiSpywareProfessional. I use Windows defender and Windows firewall. As far as I know I have no Malware/Spyware, AV issues. I use Firefox for browsing. I got a blue screen the other day while surfing on my Powere Utility Service sites. Upon reboot my desktop came up minus the little Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Also missing was my Realtek HD Audio Manager icon for my PC speakers. I tried re-establishing these but wasn't successful. Then I tried another reboot and the Realtek icon came back, but the Network icon is still missing. I had to do another restart after a power failure and this time the same Network icon was missing. Is there anyway to recover this icon? I looked in `services.msc' to see if I could restart it but it wasn't listed. I have no problems connecting to the internet even though the Network icon is missing. When the icon is there (if I'm connected properly) it has a little blue screen on the icon monitor. Thanks in advance for your fine assistance.................Paul C. |
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Network Icon Missing
Ok, in thinking about my remarks it's probably not the CA license issue that
makes me reluctant to do a Restore. But here's another point regarding CA Security suite: Restores will typically cause my CA Security Suite to declare that my A/V or AntiSpyware protection needs updating. When this happens a yellow caution sign gets placed next to my A/V or AntiSpyware icons. To go from a yellow caution sign to a green checkmark (saying everything is up to date) I have to run a full system scan, then try to update the definitions and software with a CA update application. Those 2 processes can take 2 - 3 hours to complete and sometimes the yellow caution icons won't go away, indicating something else is wrong. At this point my only recourse is to call CA up and spend an hour on the phone with them. This is what makes me reluctant to do restores. I believe what's happening is after a restore, the CA software thinks I've never done those full scans, declares that I'm not adequately protected and requests them again before it will declare that I'm good to go. That said, you might be asking "why the heck do you continue using such a CA product?". The answer is that on both my machines, desktop-Vista and laptop XP, I've never had a virus in almost 4 years with CA running (and lately, with Ad-Aware 2009 running with Ad-Watch live). Ie, I don't want to bother screwing with success. Of course, at this point, any fixes offered are moot since I `fixed' the missing Network icon issue by just waiting and having Vista do something in the background to un-grey the Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Don't know why that happened either but Questor tells me that's not all that uncommon. Thanks for listening............Paul C. "Bob" wrote in message ... What makes you think a SR would have any effect on your CA license ? "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... Bob, thanks for your reply and suggestion. I've contemplated doing a restore but am hesitant since doing that will take me back to a configuration where my CA (California Associates) Security suite (from Road Runner) license renewal might become expired, necessitating another 2 hour phone call with CA to re-initialize my license. Paul C "Bob" wrote in message ... Run System Restore to a time before you got the blue screen. "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... I've got an Acer Desktop running Vista Home Premium (SP2) with 2 GB of RAM. All WU's are current. I'm Running CA (California Associates) Security Suite software with no conflict issues. Also have MBAM malware software, CCleaner and SuperAntiSpywareProfessional. I use Windows defender and Windows firewall. As far as I know I have no Malware/Spyware, AV issues. I use Firefox for browsing. I got a blue screen the other day while surfing on my Powere Utility Service sites. Upon reboot my desktop came up minus the little Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Also missing was my Realtek HD Audio Manager icon for my PC speakers. I tried re-establishing these but wasn't successful. Then I tried another reboot and the Realtek icon came back, but the Network icon is still missing. I had to do another restart after a power failure and this time the same Network icon was missing. Is there anyway to recover this icon? I looked in `services.msc' to see if I could restart it but it wasn't listed. I have no problems connecting to the internet even though the Network icon is missing. When the icon is there (if I'm connected properly) it has a little blue screen on the icon monitor. Thanks in advance for your fine assistance.................Paul C. |
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Network Icon Missing
PaulM Is this script going to permanently fix this issue of Notification icons being greyed out, or will my system revert back to greyed out icons in the future? Thanks...........Paul C. "PaulM" wrote in message ... Go and download this script, FixIconsClockPowerVolume Download the script he http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=34 -- Paul's XP and Vista Tweaks -------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com -------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com/forum ------------------------------------------- "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... I've got an Acer Desktop running Vista Home Premium (SP2) with 2 GB of RAM. All WU's are current. I'm Running CA (California Associates) Security Suite software with no conflict issues. Also have MBAM malware software, CCleaner and SuperAntiSpywareProfessional. I use Windows defender and Windows firewall. As far as I know I have no Malware/Spyware, AV issues. I use Firefox for browsing. I got a blue screen the other day while surfing on my Powere Utility Service sites. Upon reboot my desktop came up minus the little Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Also missing was my Realtek HD Audio Manager icon for my PC speakers. I tried re-establishing these but wasn't successful. Then I tried another reboot and the Realtek icon came back, but the Network icon is still missing. I had to do another restart after a power failure and this time the same Network icon was missing. Is there anyway to recover this icon? I looked in `services.msc' to see if I could restart it but it wasn't listed. I have no problems connecting to the internet even though the Network icon is missing. When the icon is there (if I'm connected properly) it has a little blue screen on the icon monitor. Thanks in advance for your fine assistance.................Paul C. |
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Network Icon Missing
Can some experienced MVP person please tell me what the correct protocol is
for a series of posts that are no longer active. If I started the post am I supposed to be the one deleted the string of posts after the issue has been resolved? Thanks............Paul C. "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... PaulM Is this script going to permanently fix this issue of Notification icons being greyed out, or will my system revert back to greyed out icons in the future? Thanks...........Paul C. "PaulM" wrote in message ... Go and download this script, FixIconsClockPowerVolume Download the script he http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=34 -- Paul's XP and Vista Tweaks -------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com -------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com/forum ------------------------------------------- "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... I've got an Acer Desktop running Vista Home Premium (SP2) with 2 GB of RAM. All WU's are current. I'm Running CA (California Associates) Security Suite software with no conflict issues. Also have MBAM malware software, CCleaner and SuperAntiSpywareProfessional. I use Windows defender and Windows firewall. As far as I know I have no Malware/Spyware, AV issues. I use Firefox for browsing. I got a blue screen the other day while surfing on my Powere Utility Service sites. Upon reboot my desktop came up minus the little Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Also missing was my Realtek HD Audio Manager icon for my PC speakers. I tried re-establishing these but wasn't successful. Then I tried another reboot and the Realtek icon came back, but the Network icon is still missing. I had to do another restart after a power failure and this time the same Network icon was missing. Is there anyway to recover this icon? I looked in `services.msc' to see if I could restart it but it wasn't listed. I have no problems connecting to the internet even though the Network icon is missing. When the icon is there (if I'm connected properly) it has a little blue screen on the icon monitor. Thanks in advance for your fine assistance.................Paul C. |
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Network Icon Missing
R C White, thanks so much for your fine explanation. I was only trying to
make sure I followed the correct etiquette when it came to posts. I understand now and will just leave things be.................Paul C. "R. C. White" wrote in message ... Hi, Paul. It seems to me I saw this same question from you in another newsgroup today. Newsgroups are generally not moderated. We are all just users - like you - with no management powers over messages posted here, no matter how experienced we may be. And MVPs have no magical powers. We don't speak - or act - for Microsoft. We got the MVP Award because we've been trying to help other users for a long time and our attempts have been correct and helpful more often than not. Once a message is posted in a newsgroup, it is immortal. Maybe that's good; maybe that's bad. These Microsoft public newsgroups are hosted on the Microsoft news servers, but they are a part of Usenet, which is a worldwide system of "mirrors" that share messages freely with everyone. Many posters don't even know that their messages are on Usenet because they post to a "forum" such as Vistaheads which simply relays the post and any responses to and from this NG - and all the rest of Usenet. How long does the message thread survive? Microsoft will probably delete this thread in 90 days, but the thousands of Usenet servers around the world each have their own retention policies. Don't be surprised if you see your message quoted back to you 10 years from now! It has happened to me and to many MVPs and other posters. It can be quite startling! ;^} RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64 "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... Can some experienced MVP person please tell me what the correct protocol is for a series of posts that are no longer active. If I started the post am I supposed to be the one deleted the string of posts after the issue has been resolved? Thanks............Paul C. "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... PaulM Is this script going to permanently fix this issue of Notification icons being greyed out, or will my system revert back to greyed out icons in the future? Thanks...........Paul C. "PaulM" wrote in message ... Go and download this script, FixIconsClockPowerVolume Download the script he http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=34 -- Paul's XP and Vista Tweaks -------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com -------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com/forum ------------------------------------------- "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... I've got an Acer Desktop running Vista Home Premium (SP2) with 2 GB of RAM. All WU's are current. I'm Running CA (California Associates) Security Suite software with no conflict issues. Also have MBAM malware software, CCleaner and SuperAntiSpywareProfessional. I use Windows defender and Windows firewall. As far as I know I have no Malware/Spyware, AV issues. I use Firefox for browsing. I got a blue screen the other day while surfing on my Powere Utility Service sites. Upon reboot my desktop came up minus the little Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Also missing was my Realtek HD Audio Manager icon for my PC speakers. I tried re-establishing these but wasn't successful. Then I tried another reboot and the Realtek icon came back, but the Network icon is still missing. I had to do another restart after a power failure and this time the same Network icon was missing. Is there anyway to recover this icon? I looked in `services.msc' to see if I could restart it but it wasn't listed. I have no problems connecting to the internet even though the Network icon is missing. When the icon is there (if I'm connected properly) it has a little blue screen on the icon monitor. Thanks in advance for your fine assistance.................Paul C. |
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Network Icon Missing
Hi, Paul.
You're welcome. Glad to help. ;) RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64 "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... R C White, thanks so much for your fine explanation. I was only trying to make sure I followed the correct etiquette when it came to posts. I understand now and will just leave things be.................Paul C. "R. C. White" wrote in message ... Hi, Paul. It seems to me I saw this same question from you in another newsgroup today. Newsgroups are generally not moderated. We are all just users - like you - with no management powers over messages posted here, no matter how experienced we may be. And MVPs have no magical powers. We don't speak - or act - for Microsoft. We got the MVP Award because we've been trying to help other users for a long time and our attempts have been correct and helpful more often than not. Once a message is posted in a newsgroup, it is immortal. Maybe that's good; maybe that's bad. These Microsoft public newsgroups are hosted on the Microsoft news servers, but they are a part of Usenet, which is a worldwide system of "mirrors" that share messages freely with everyone. Many posters don't even know that their messages are on Usenet because they post to a "forum" such as Vistaheads which simply relays the post and any responses to and from this NG - and all the rest of Usenet. How long does the message thread survive? Microsoft will probably delete this thread in 90 days, but the thousands of Usenet servers around the world each have their own retention policies. Don't be surprised if you see your message quoted back to you 10 years from now! It has happened to me and to many MVPs and other posters. It can be quite startling! ;^} RC "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... Can some experienced MVP person please tell me what the correct protocol is for a series of posts that are no longer active. If I started the post am I supposed to be the one deleted the string of posts after the issue has been resolved? Thanks............Paul C. "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... PaulM Is this script going to permanently fix this issue of Notification icons being greyed out, or will my system revert back to greyed out icons in the future? Thanks...........Paul C. "PaulM" wrote in message ... Go and download this script, FixIconsClockPowerVolume Download the script he http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=34 -- Paul's XP and Vista Tweaks -------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com -------------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com/forum ------------------------------------------- "Paul Calcagno" wrote in message ... I've got an Acer Desktop running Vista Home Premium (SP2) with 2 GB of RAM. All WU's are current. I'm Running CA (California Associates) Security Suite software with no conflict issues. Also have MBAM malware software, CCleaner and SuperAntiSpywareProfessional. I use Windows defender and Windows firewall. As far as I know I have no Malware/Spyware, AV issues. I use Firefox for browsing. I got a blue screen the other day while surfing on my Powere Utility Service sites. Upon reboot my desktop came up minus the little Network icon in the Notification area of the taskbar. Also missing was my Realtek HD Audio Manager icon for my PC speakers. I tried re-establishing these but wasn't successful. Then I tried another reboot and the Realtek icon came back, but the Network icon is still missing. I had to do another restart after a power failure and this time the same Network icon was missing. Is there anyway to recover this icon? I looked in `services.msc' to see if I could restart it but it wasn't listed. I have no problems connecting to the internet even though the Network icon is missing. When the icon is there (if I'm connected properly) it has a little blue screen on the icon monitor. Thanks in advance for your fine assistance.................Paul C. |