System Icons Missing in Notification Area!!!

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Randomly, my system icons disappeared from the notification area. I went to
the properties to customize the view, but the options are "greyed out." The
only icon that is able to be checked is the clock. However...the power,
network, and volume are unable to be checked. Can anyone help with this?
 
You would have ticked "hide inactive icons" by default.
If they are not being used, you don't see them.
 
not so. I have the same exact problem happening right now, the volume and
power icons greyed out, and I did not tick anything by default, I may have
done something else, but not that. not only that, but I hear no sound when I
get a new email, even though the sound is working on my computer and the
right box is "ticked" to hear a sound when I get one. I'm sure that it's
connected. please help
 
I am having the same problem right now, the volume and power icons
disappeared from the taskbar and greyed out in properties for no apparent
reason. also, I no longer get a sound when get a new email, even though I
have sound on my computer and the proper box is checked. I'm sure these
things are connected. did you figure out your problem?
 
silverslim said:
I am having the same problem right now, the volume and power icons
disappeared from the taskbar and greyed out in properties for no apparent
reason. also, I no longer get a sound when get a new email, even though I
have sound on my computer and the proper box is checked. I'm sure these
things are connected. did you figure out your problem?
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silverslim,

Do a System Restore to a point prior to experiencing the problem.

C.B.
 
Log out and then log back in.

I've had all of the same behavior everyone else is reporting and the
logout/login technique has worked every time. Theres no need for an overly
complicated solution. It's a race condition in Vista, that MS should fix or
give us a registry key that can allow the messages that create the icons to
be queued for a longer period of time.

I'll bet it happens mostly on Laptops with slower hard disks, I seriously
doubt it's due to cpu utilization as others have suggested. The cpu isn't
getting worked hard on my system (core 2 duo) and the disk is desperately
trying to load all that bloat.
 
I just had this happen to me exactly, Sound is grayed out in notification
ares too. I can't use the link to solve because I'm not X64. Also logging
in out and back in didn't fix either. What to do next?
 
This worked for me:
Control Panel>Classic View>Taskbar and Start Menu>Notification Area
tab> the 2 boxes are blank but NOT greyed out. He just checked them and
that's it. Want to confirm his claim?
 
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