Vista - my battery icon has gone

hi
my battery icon has randomly disapeared from the task bar and it is dead
annoyn cos i have to go into control pannel to change the power settings is
there a way to get it back on the bar please
thx

Rightclick the Start button, then Properties, Notification tab, uncheck the
"Hide inactive icons" checkbox.

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"tomuk" <tomuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:05A89A97-C010-4222-87A7-07FB3D5BD3E3@xxxxxx

Hi tomuk,

Right click the start orb and select 'Properties'. Select the 'Notification
Area' tab. In the section headed 'System icons', check that there is a tick
in the checkbox next to 'Power'. The other three options in this section are
also useful ones to display if you aren't already displaying them. They are
selected in the same way as described above.
Dwarf

"tomuk" wrote:

Reboot.

"tomuk" <tomuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:05A89A97-C010-4222-87A7-07FB3D5BD3E3@xxxxxx

The checkbox next to "Power" won't let me check it off. Now what?

"Dwarf" wrote:

I have the same problem that Anne has.... power icon does NOT show in taskbar, it is greyed out and CANNOT be checked in TASKBAR AND START MENU PROPERTIES/NOTIFICATION AREA. I have two IDENTICAL HP laptops, vista 64bit, one works fine, other does not... I find no way to turn the power icon ON.

Inactive icons are NOT hidden on either machine.

update 6/28/08
Another vote for instability in VISTA... all day yesterday I had this problem... also again this morning... greyed out.. I basically opened the registery editor, went to that area, discovered that the proper "hide" entries were not there and just shut the editor.

Later, I went to see the settings...and BEHOLD... the power icon was available, I checked it and it popped up!!