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"WAMozart" <> wrote in message
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> The volume icon no longer appears in the system tray. I do not know of
> anything I did to remove the icon. When I go to the Taskbar and Start Menu
> Properties box and look on the Notification Area tab, the Volume, Network
> and
> Power icon options are all grayed out. Any suggestions on how to restore
> the
> Volume icone to the system tray would be appreciated.