Start > Run > gpedit.msc > under 'User Configuration' > Adminisrative
Templates > Start Menu And Taskbar > on the Right Pane
Remove the Netwroking Icon and Remove the Volume Control Icon
Double Click on them > Disalbed > Apply > Not Configured > Apply > Ok
Log Off >< Log In
Then ... Right Click on taskbar > Properties > notification area > Check
'Volume' and Network' > Apply > Ok
"Cate33" wrote:
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> My laptop is brand new, not even a week old, and this moring my network icon
> in the notification area of the tak bar is now gone. I have right clicked on
> the start
> menu>select properties>notification area...... and both the volume and
> network is greyed out so I can't select the check box. I can go to the
> welcome center>connect to the internet>set up a connection
> anyway>wirwless>open network and sharing center to get to the information,
> but it was SOOOO much easier to select the network icon on the task bar. How
> do I get it back? Why would it just
> disapear? Is this just a glich in Vista? I have seen others having the same
> problem, but no solution other than the things I have tried. There was the
> one poating for someone who had the volume icon disappear to reinstall the
> drivers, but like I previously stated this is a brand new laptop,and I don't
> think that reinstalling any driver will make a difference.
> HELP!!!!
>