no, you have to go deeper into the network and sharing center. right
click the icon and then Network and Sharing Center.

there are some sidebar gadgets that might interest you
http://gallery.live.com/results.aspx...l=1&q=wireless

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:24:01 -0800, nicksapperz
<nicksapperz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I was wondering if there is supposed to be a wireless strength icon in the
>notification area. I think there was one in Win Xp, but im not sure. If there
>is something wrong with my setup. i have a Toshiba A105-S2231 Laptop, with a
>1.6GHz Celeron M Processor and 1 gig ram. The connecting works and i can
>click on the standard network icon to see the strength, but it would be nice
>just to look in the toolbar.
>
>Thanks Much!!
>-Nick-
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