Quote: Originally Posted by
Warbird8 
Having similar trouble guys, Taskbar and Sart Menu Properties > Notification Area only allow me to select Clock, the other 3 options Volume, Network and Power are greyed out. As this is on my laptop and I use it out and about quite a bit, its bloody frustrating to say the least. Tried everything suggested so far and nada, getting real annoyed by this. Anybody any ideas?
Hi Warbird,
Welcome to Vista Forums.
Since you tried the other methods above with no success, then it sound like this is more your problem described in this tutorial. Select to show all System icons.
Notification Area - Hide All System Icons
Hope this helps,
Shawn