Solution at the bottom.

"JeffS" wrote:

>
> > In article <4A6FC8A2-8305-4DE2-AA7A-691994F606D2@microsoft.com>,
> > JeffS@discussions.microsoft.com says...
> > > I have an OQO 02 UMPC which came with Vista Ultimate pre-installed.
> > >
> > > I had my wi-fi and battery power status icons configured to always show in
> > > the System Tray.
> > >
> > > After installing SP1 via automatic updates on May 13, those two items are
> > > gone from my System Tray, and I can't figure out how to get them back.
> >
> > Right-click system tray, choose Properties, go to the Notification Area
> > tab. Check or uncheck what you want to show.
> >
> > If something is checked but not showing, try unchecking, saving, then
> > rechecking. You may even need to try a reboot between changes.
> >
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>
> Andrew, thanks for trying to help.
>
> I had configured both of these icons to always show, so I meant to imply
> that I know how to check for this setting.
>
> I should have specified that now those two items do not show up in the list
> of icons that I can show or hide. They are simply gone.
>
> BTW: I have now un-installed SP1 and rebooted, but these two icons are
> still unavailable.
>
> I tried looking at the properties of these two devices, hoping to find a
> checkbox to expose the icon, but I'm finding no such solution.
>
> On other message boards, I have seen this problem solved by returning to a
> restore point, but I had to turn that service off a while back. I forgot to
> turn it back on, so a restore point is not available. Another solution
> posted is to re-install from my DVD. I will do that as a last resort, but I
> can't believe no one knows a registry tweak, or driver upgrade, or some
> such...
>
> Cheers.
>
> JeffS
>
>

Searching online some more, I found this helpful link:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/1...a-system-tray/

I had right-clicked on the Notification Area, and selected "Customize
Notification Icons...". That allows you to configure the display for
everytyhing <except> the four system icons: Clock, Volume, Network, & Power.

However, if you right-click on the Task Bar, select Properties, and then hit
the "Notification Area" tab, you can see the checkboxes for the 4 system
icons. That's the ticket.

Now I feel stupid, but the issue would not have come up, if SP1 had not
changed my settings for those two icons...

Cheers.

JeffS