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letterstoheather
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letterstoheather asked in Computers & InternetSoftware · 1 decade ago

Sound and Network Icons have disappeared from Taskbar Notification area - Vista?

I have an HP laptop with vista installed.

Today my sound and network icons are no longer visible in the taskbar notification area.

When i right-click Start, Properties and go to Notification area, the system icons for Volume and Network are no longer available (they are grey, instead of black).

I was wondering if someone could give me some advice on how to restore these options?

And i have no idea how this happened?

thanks.

Update:

Hi Zoomjet - if you return to this question, thank you for the help.... your answer solved my problem and i'm very pleased! I've bookmark the How to Geek site, too

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  • zoomjet
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    A typical Vista glitch I'm afraid but luckily well-documented; if rebooting your laptop doesn't fix the problem, then read through this article and apply the registry fix. The site is reputable.

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/fix-f...

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    To find the tick box for this icon right clicks the taskbar chose Properties, Notification Area tab, Under System Icons select Power.

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