Help! My volume control is gone!

Vista Home Premium
All of a sudden the volume icon is missing from task bar. I go to "Taskbar
and Start Menu Properties" and under System Icons/Select which system icons
to show and the choice for Volume is dimmed out and cannot be chosen. If it
makes any difference I went back to a system restore point yesterday - the
icon has ALWAYS been there so that shouldn't have affected it.

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Thanks... Bob

Regardless of the volume control not being in your notification area,
are you getting any sound at all?

If not, might be worth going to "Progs & Features" and removing the
soundcard software/drivers (or better via device manager) and letting
Vista reinstall after a reboot.


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Bob Newman wrote:
> Vista Home Premium
> All of a sudden the volume icon is missing from task bar. I go to
> "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" and under System Icons/Select which
> system icons to show and the choice for Volume is dimmed out and cannot
> be chosen. If it makes any difference I went back to a system restore
> point yesterday - the icon has ALWAYS been there so that shouldn't have
> affected it.
>
Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and verify that the sound
controller is enabled.

I didn't mean to imply the sound isn't working, it works fine. If I go to
the help section & queery "adjust sound volume" it gives me a link that
pulls up the adjustment settings and I can adjust it fine. But I certainly
don't want to go through that everytime. I just need to get the "adjustor"
to show in the system tray. I should be able to just click that option in
"Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" but it is dimmed out.

Bob

"David Sanders" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Bob Newman wrote:
>> Vista Home Premium
>> All of a sudden the volume icon is missing from task bar. I go to
>> "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" and under System Icons/Select which
>> system icons to show and the choice for Volume is dimmed out and cannot
>> be chosen. If it makes any difference I went back to a system restore
>> point yesterday - the icon has ALWAYS been there so that shouldn't have
>> affected it.
>>
> Go to Control Panel > Device Manager and verify that the sound controller
> is enabled.

See the following:
Restore disappeared network and volume icon on notification area:
http://jtbworld.blogspot.com/2007/11...nd-volume.html
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"Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
news:hnrij.34388$...
> Vista Home Premium
> All of a sudden the volume icon is missing from task bar. I go to
> "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" and under System Icons/Select which
> system icons to show and the choice for Volume is dimmed out and cannot be
> chosen. If it makes any difference I went back to a system restore point
> yesterday - the icon has ALWAYS been there so that shouldn't have affected
> it.
>
> --
> Thanks... Bob

this happens to me occasionally and i just restart the computer and i
always repairs the issue. it just happened last night, but i restarte
and the volume icon is back in the systray.
iv'e seen a lot of replies talking about drivers on similar threads bu
sometimes the answer is not that 'techy'
hope that help

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have u checked if the taskbar--->notification area .--->which icons t
be always shown ? is your volume on of it ?

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