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Old 09-20-2007   #1 (permalink)
saroehr


 
 

Taskbar Notification Area Network choice greyed out

I have been reading all the posts regarding this issue. My network location
icons
no longer show in the notification area. Suprisingly, the checkbox for
network is
greyed out in the taskbar settings.

Has a resolution for this issue been found?

Thanks!

Scott

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Old 09-29-2007   #2 (permalink)
ssfurrell


 
 

RE: Taskbar Notification Area Network choice greyed out

I am having the same issue and it happend after the last intel bio's update
and came back the next day, now it is not showing up at all along with
volume, Network, and Power. I am run Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit on a 965
intel board anyone have any suggestions?

Shawn

"saroehr" wrote:
Quote:

> I have been reading all the posts regarding this issue. My network location
> icons
> no longer show in the notification area. Suprisingly, the checkbox for
> network is
> greyed out in the taskbar settings.
>
> Has a resolution for this issue been found?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Scott
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 05-10-2008   #3 (permalink)
Wayne


 
 

Re: Taskbar Notification Area Network choice greyed out


I tried this which I got from another internet site and it worked.
run 'regedit.exe'
goto key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\LocalSettings\Software\
Microsoft\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify'
delete keys 'IconStreams' & 'PastIconsStream'
Start task manager, go to process and kill explorer.exe
go to applications in the task manager, hit new task and type
'explorer.exe'
explorer will now reboot and your icons should return. I had to go
to task manager and check the network and volume buttons.

Hope it works for you.


--
Wayne
Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com

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Old 05-11-2008   #4 (permalink)
darksamus


 
 

Re: Taskbar Notification Area Network choice greyed out

Thanks a lot. I looked all over here trying to find this solution. Problem
only occured after Vista (Ultimate) SP1 update. I'm glad this helped fix this
issue.

"Wayne" wrote:
Quote:

>
> I tried this which I got from another internet site and it worked.
> run 'regedit.exe'
> goto key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\LocalSettings\Software\
> Microsoft\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify'
> delete keys 'IconStreams' & 'PastIconsStream'
> Start task manager, go to process and kill explorer.exe
> go to applications in the task manager, hit new task and type
> 'explorer.exe'
> explorer will now reboot and your icons should return. I had to go
> to task manager and check the network and volume buttons.
>
> Hope it works for you.
>
>
> --
> Wayne
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 05-11-2008   #5 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Taskbar Notification Area Network choice greyed out

This tutorial will help show you how to fix a grayed out Notification Icon in Vista.

Notification Area - System Icons

Hope this helps,
Shawn
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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