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The Doctor 
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Posted: May 29 2009 at 15:15 |
Ok, maybe I'm just too tired to think right now, as I've been awake since 5:15 am. Yuck. Anywho, I recently installed IE 8, and something strange has happened. My volume control and network indicator have disappeared from my taskbar. I've opened up my taskbar properties and gone to the Notification Area tab, but where it says always show, followed by the following,
clock
power
network
volume
the network and volume are now unchecked and are greyed out and I can't check them to always show. This is more irritating than anything else. How do I fix this and why did IE 8 cause that?
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Dean
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Posted: May 29 2009 at 15:41 |
Go to start menu -> Control Panel -> Sound and Audio Devices ... I think you will see that the "Place volume icon in task bar" will already be checked - uncheck it, then check it again. It should re-appear.
Not sure about the network icon at the moment...
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The Doctor
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Posted: May 29 2009 at 15:51 |
 I don't see "place volume icon in task bar". 
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TheCaptain
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Posted: May 29 2009 at 20:48 |
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I sometimes have a similar problem with the taskbar. Sometimes things disappear from it after Windows partially crashes but recovers or something else crashes completely. Restarting always worked for me. Anyway, the big problem at hand is that you are using IE8. Might I suggest Firefox?
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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The Doctor
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 11:01 |
A reboot was the first thing I tried. It failed. 
Any other suggestions folks?
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 12:15 |
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You should definitely go to the network settings and audio device settings and see if there are any options to place controls on the task bar.
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A Person
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 12:23 |
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Control Panel > network connections > local area connection > properties > check Show icon in notification area when connected
Is that the icon you wanted?
Edited by A Person - May 30 2009 at 12:24
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Dean
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 12:36 |
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Chester, are you using XP or Vista?
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The Doctor
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 12:48 |
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Using Vista. It's done this before, but now I can't remember how I fixed the problem.
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Tony R
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 13:09 |
Right-click on taskbar. Left click on properties.  Now if tray icon is greyed out, you may have problems. However this happened on my wife's PC (Vista + IE8) but after a restart I was able to click into the box (!!?) Hope this works for you.
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Dean
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 13:18 |
^ Failing that (ie if the icons are greyed) you will have to remove the Iconstream registry entries for the notification tray:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify
and restart your PC
And Back up your registry BEFORE making any changes!!!
Edited by Dean - May 30 2009 at 13:20
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Tony R
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 13:31 |
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I found that a simple restart solved the "greyed-out" problem as if just displaying the dialogue box had some impact on the problem.
Edited by Tony R - May 30 2009 at 13:31
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 19:39 |
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Very surprised that dean didn't start venting about software releases before fully debugged. This is atrocious! Microsoft have released such an important package- and put it in the critical update list of Vista- when it was so obviously buggy. This is a package that integrates fully in Windows explorer and the Windows sub-system. The OP is not the only one having these troubles, a quick google search will verify that. IE8 was written for Windows 7 in which the task bar has changed- this is probably where the problems are originating from.
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 20:03 |
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Venting against Microsoft is like arguing on the Internet - entertaining but ultimately pointless.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 20:52 |
You know many years ago I loved computers, but I've been working with them way too long, nevermore.  
Edited by Slartibartfast - May 31 2009 at 17:38
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Posted: May 30 2009 at 21:12 |
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Posted: May 31 2009 at 00:51 |
....a bit like what has happened in Space since an alleged moon walk ....f**k all
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The Doctor
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Posted: May 31 2009 at 14:14 |
Problem fixed.  Thanks one and all for your suggestions. After restarting my computer this afternoon the greyed out problem vanished. Still don't know why it happened or why it took several restarts to correct itself, but there it is. Perhaps I just said the correct prayer and offered the correct sacrifice to the almighty Bill Gates prior to my last reboot.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 31 2009 at 17:40 |
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