Vista - Greyed out Volume and Network icon option.

On a Dell Inspiron E1705/9400 running Vista Ultimate. Out of the blue one
day, my volume icon disappeared. The checkbox for enabling the volume icon is
greyed out in Taskbar and Start Menu Properties, too. Now my network icon has
disappeared, and its icon is greyed out in Properties as well. Any ideas?

Just in case you need it -- the network card's an Intel PRO/Wireless
3945ABG, and the sound card is SigmaTel High Definition Audio, along with a
Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset plugged in occasionally. The network and
audio work fine. The only problem is that I can't find a way to enable their
icons in the notification area.

Hello,

Just wanted to confirm that I have the same problem on a Toshiba A105 laptop
with Vista Ultimate.



"MoodyStarfish" wrote:

> On a Dell Inspiron E1705/9400 running Vista Ultimate. Out of the blue one
> day, my volume icon disappeared. The checkbox for enabling the volume icon is
> greyed out in Taskbar and Start Menu Properties, too. Now my network icon has
> disappeared, and its icon is greyed out in Properties as well. Any ideas?
>
> Just in case you need it -- the network card's an Intel PRO/Wireless
> 3945ABG, and the sound card is SigmaTel High Definition Audio, along with a
> Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset plugged in occasionally. The network and
> audio work fine. The only problem is that I can't find a way to enable their
> icons in the notification area.