Volume and Network Icons gone & grayed

Hi everyone,

I found LOTS of hits for this when Googling, but no clear-cut solutions that
applied to me. At random points, my Volume and Network icons disappear from
the Notification Area and when I try to restore them from the Properties
menu, they're grayed out.

The policy registry entries in both HKLM and HKCU don't exist, so that
shouldn't be the problem.

A simple log out/log in typically restores them, but is usually too much of
a nuisance to bother doing. If that's the only reliable method, that's what
I'll use when I really need to, but if someone's got a more long-term
solution that prevents the problem in the first place or can fix it
on-the-fly, that'd be great!


Thanks,
Rob

Hello Robert

You might see if uninstalling and reinstalling your audio and networ
device drivers to see if they may have been corrupted. If there is
newer version available for them, then you might try them instead to se
if the issue still persists

Hope this helps
Shaw

Robert Morley;972800 Wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I found LOTS of hits for this when Googling, but no clear-cut solution
> tha
> applied to me. At random points, my Volume and Network icons disappea
> fro
> the Notification Area and when I try to restore them from th
> Propertie
> menu, they're grayed out
>
> The policy registry entries in both HKLM and HKCU don't exist, so tha
> shouldn't be the problem
>
> A simple log out/log in typically restores them, but is usually to
> much o
> a nuisance to bother doing. If that's the only reliable method, that'
> wha
> I'll use when I really need to, but if someone's got a more long-ter
> solution that prevents the problem in the first place or can fix i
> on-the-fly, that'd be great
>
>
> Thanks
> Ro

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Try this script here:

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"Robert Morley" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi everyone,
>
> I found LOTS of hits for this when Googling, but no clear-cut solutions
> that applied to me. At random points, my Volume and Network icons
> disappear from the Notification Area and when I try to restore them from
> the Properties menu, they're grayed out.
>
> The policy registry entries in both HKLM and HKCU don't exist, so that
> shouldn't be the problem.
>
> A simple log out/log in typically restores them, but is usually too much
> of a nuisance to bother doing. If that's the only reliable method, that's
> what I'll use when I really need to, but if someone's got a more long-term
> solution that prevents the problem in the first place or can fix it
> on-the-fly, that'd be great!
>
>
> Thanks,
> Rob

I'd already checked those registry entries and they weren't there.


Rob

PaulM wrote:
> Try this script here:
>
> http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=152

Thanks, Shawn, if it persists, I'll definitely give that a try. At this
point, I'm thinking it's some app that's triggering the problem, as it
normally only occurs at some point AFTER startup, and rebooting will fix the
problem.


Rob

Brink wrote:
> Hello Robert,
>
> You might see if uninstalling and reinstalling your audio and network
> device drivers to see if they may have been corrupted. If there is a
> newer version available for them, then you might try them instead to see
> if the issue still persists.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
> Robert Morley;972800 Wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I found LOTS of hits for this when Googling, but no clear-cut solutions
>> that
>> applied to me. At random points, my Volume and Network icons disappear
>> from
>> the Notification Area and when I try to restore them from the
>> Properties
>> menu, they're grayed out.
>>
>> The policy registry entries in both HKLM and HKCU don't exist, so that
>> shouldn't be the problem.
>>
>> A simple log out/log in typically restores them, but is usually too
>> much of
>> a nuisance to bother doing. If that's the only reliable method, that's
>> what
>> I'll use when I really need to, but if someone's got a more long-term
>> solution that prevents the problem in the first place or can fix it
>> on-the-fly, that'd be great!
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rob