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Notification Area System Icons Have Disappeared
When I go to the Notification Area properties, only the "Clock" option is
checked. The "Volume", "Network", and "Power" options are un-checked AND grayed-out so I can't check them. How do I get these system icons back? (I'm running Vista Home Premium-SP2, and the only recent changes have been "Windows Updates" - critical updates only.) Thanks. -- Bob C. |
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Notification Area System Icons Have Disappeared
Updates will do that sometimes. When it happens to me, I reboot a
second time and then check the boxes again. If that doesn't work, I go to the Network Manager and disable (then re-enable) the network connection. As for the volume and power they sometimes come back on their own. I've had a ticket into MS for over a month and they have yet to respond. Questor --- When I go to the Notification Area properties, only the "Clock" option is checked. The "Volume", "Network", and "Power" options are un-checked AND grayed-out so I can't check them. How do I get these system icons back? (I'm running Vista Home Premium-SP2, and the only recent changes have been "Windows Updates" - critical updates only.) Thanks. |
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Notification Area System Icons Have Disappeared
Updates will do that sometimes. When it happens to me, I reboot a second time and then check the boxes again. If that doesn't work, I go to the Network Manager and disable (then re-enable) the network connection. As for the volume and power they sometimes come back on their own. I've had a ticket into MS for over a month and they have yet to respond. Questor --- When I go to the Notification Area properties, only the "Clock" option is checked. The "Volume", "Network", and "Power" options are un-checked AND grayed-out so I can't check them. How do I get these system icons back? (I'm running Vista Home Premium-SP2, and the only recent changes have been "Windows Updates" - critical updates only.) Thanks. |
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Notification Area System Icons Have Disappeared
Hello Bob, Sometimes just restarting the computer will have them return. If not, then the downloads in METHOD THREE of the tutorial below may be able to fix this for you. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...tem-icons.html Hope this helps, Shawn Bob Cabrera;1233615 Wrote: When I go to the Notification Area properties, only the "Clock" option is checked. The "Volume", "Network", and "Power" options are un-checked AND grayed-out so I can't check them. How do I get these system icons back? (I'm running Vista Home Premium-SP2, and the only recent changes have been "Windows Updates" - critical updates only.) Thanks. -- Bob C. -- Brink '*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience 2009*' (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511) *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*Windows 7 Forums*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) - '*Windows Vista Forums*' (http://www.vistax64.com/) *Please post feedback to help others.* |
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Notification Area System Icons Have Disappeared
Hello Bob, Sometimes just restarting the computer will have them return. If not, then the downloads in METHOD THREE of the tutorial below may be able to fix this for you. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/10...tem-icons.html Hope this helps, Shawn Bob Cabrera;1233615 Wrote: When I go to the Notification Area properties, only the "Clock" option is checked. The "Volume", "Network", and "Power" options are un-checked AND grayed-out so I can't check them. How do I get these system icons back? (I'm running Vista Home Premium-SP2, and the only recent changes have been "Windows Updates" - critical updates only.) Thanks. -- Bob C. -- Brink '*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience 2009*' (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511) *There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask them.* '*Windows 7 Forums*' (http://www.sevenforums.com/) - '*Windows Vista Forums*' (http://www.vistax64.com/) *Please post feedback to help others.* |