Sorry, can't help. Never happened to me so have no idea why they would be
grayed out.
Michael


"churin" wrote in message
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Michael;

Thanks for your response.
I followed your suggestion and saw 'Volume' and 'Network' under System
Icons. But both are grayed so I could not add check marks. What could be
wrong?

PS: Network icon is also not shown on the system tray.

Churin

Michael Walraven wrote:
Right click in the taskbar area
select properties
notification area tab
system icons
should have a box to select for Volume

Michael


"churin" wrote in message
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Speaker icon for volume control is missing from the system tray. This is
with a brand new notebook PC I just bought. Otherwise, audio is working
just fine. Could anyone help?