Speaker icon missing from sys tray

Speaker icon for volume control is missing from the system tray. This is
with a brand new notebook PC I just bought. Otherwise, audio is working
just fine. Could anyone help?

Right click in the taskbar area
select properties
notification area tab
system icons
should have a box to select for Volume

Michael


"churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
news:u1uSQDSOIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Speaker icon for volume control is missing from the system tray. This is
> with a brand new notebook PC I just bought. Otherwise, audio is working
> just fine. Could anyone help?

Michael;

Thanks for your response.
I followed your suggestion and saw 'Volume' and 'Network' under System
Icons. But both are grayed so I could not add check marks. What could be
wrong?

PS: Network icon is also not shown on the system tray.

Churin

Michael Walraven wrote:
> Right click in the taskbar area
> select properties
> notification area tab
> system icons
> should have a box to select for Volume
>
> Michael
>
>
> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
> news:u1uSQDSOIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Speaker icon for volume control is missing from the system tray. This
>> is with a brand new notebook PC I just bought. Otherwise, audio is
>> working just fine. Could anyone help?
>

Sorry, can't help. Never happened to me so have no idea why they would be
grayed out.
Michael


"churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
news:uR6w7WaOIHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Michael;
>
> Thanks for your response.
> I followed your suggestion and saw 'Volume' and 'Network' under System
> Icons. But both are grayed so I could not add check marks. What could be
> wrong?
>
> PS: Network icon is also not shown on the system tray.
>
> Churin
>
> Michael Walraven wrote:
>> Right click in the taskbar area
>> select properties
>> notification area tab
>> system icons
>> should have a box to select for Volume
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
>> news:u1uSQDSOIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Speaker icon for volume control is missing from the system tray. This is
>>> with a brand new notebook PC I just bought. Otherwise, audio is working
>>> just fine. Could anyone help?
>>

I contacted vendor's techsupport. He could not explain why. I let him
examine my PC through remote access session. He was doing what I had
done and he could not tell why those are grayed. Then he switched the UI
from Classic to the default UI, and those two icons all of a sudden
showed up on the system tray. I reverted the UI back to the Classic and
the icons fortunately stayed on. He was saying he switched the UI
because the default UI is more convenient for him to use not because he
suspected the Classic UI.
The problem must be a bug related to the Classic UI. The first thing I
did with this PC was to switch the UI to the Classic but if I configured
the network and checked the sound system before switching the UI, then I
would not have this problem.
Thank you anyway for trying to help me.

Michael Walraven wrote:
> Sorry, can't help. Never happened to me so have no idea why they would
> be grayed out.
> Michael
>
>
> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
> news:uR6w7WaOIHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Michael;
>>
>> Thanks for your response.
>> I followed your suggestion and saw 'Volume' and 'Network' under System
>> Icons. But both are grayed so I could not add check marks. What could
>> be wrong?
>>
>> PS: Network icon is also not shown on the system tray.
>>
>> Churin
>>
>> Michael Walraven wrote:
>>> Right click in the taskbar area
>>> select properties
>>> notification area tab
>>> system icons
>>> should have a box to select for Volume
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
>>> news:u1uSQDSOIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>> Speaker icon for volume control is missing from the system tray.
>>>> This is with a brand new notebook PC I just bought. Otherwise, audio
>>>> is working just fine. Could anyone help?
>>>

Thanks for coming back with your solution. I will file it away (where I will
promptly forget it )
Who was your vender support, they should get a little credit! So much
discourse about venders support is 'how bad it is'.

Michael


"churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
news:OK5TcjbOIHA.2376@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I contacted vendor's techsupport. He could not explain why. I let him
> examine my PC through remote access session. He was doing what I had done
> and he could not tell why those are grayed. Then he switched the UI from
> Classic to the default UI, and those two icons all of a sudden showed up
> on the system tray. I reverted the UI back to the Classic and the icons
> fortunately stayed on. He was saying he switched the UI because the
> default UI is more convenient for him to use not because he suspected the
> Classic UI.
> The problem must be a bug related to the Classic UI. The first thing I did
> with this PC was to switch the UI to the Classic but if I configured the
> network and checked the sound system before switching the UI, then I would
> not have this problem.
> Thank you anyway for trying to help me.
>
> Michael Walraven wrote:
>> Sorry, can't help. Never happened to me so have no idea why they would be
>> grayed out.
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
>> news:uR6w7WaOIHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Michael;
>>>
>>> Thanks for your response.
>>> I followed your suggestion and saw 'Volume' and 'Network' under System
>>> Icons. But both are grayed so I could not add check marks. What could be
>>> wrong?
>>>
>>> PS: Network icon is also not shown on the system tray.
>>>
>>> Churin
>>>
>>> Michael Walraven wrote:
>>>> Right click in the taskbar area
>>>> select properties
>>>> notification area tab
>>>> system icons
>>>> should have a box to select for Volume
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
>>>> news:u1uSQDSOIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Speaker icon for volume control is missing from the system tray. This
>>>>> is with a brand new notebook PC I just bought. Otherwise, audio is
>>>>> working just fine. Could anyone help?
>>>>

I do not remember the name of the tech support but what you and other
forum reviewer are interested to know may be the vendor's name and the
specific model. They are Dell and the Inspiron 1501 being sold through
Walmart.

Michael Walraven wrote:
> Thanks for coming back with your solution. I will file it away (where I
> will promptly forget it )
> Who was your vender support, they should get a little credit! So much
> discourse about venders support is 'how bad it is'.
>
> Michael
>
>
> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
> news:OK5TcjbOIHA.2376@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> I contacted vendor's techsupport. He could not explain why. I let him
>> examine my PC through remote access session. He was doing what I had
>> done and he could not tell why those are grayed. Then he switched the
>> UI from Classic to the default UI, and those two icons all of a sudden
>> showed up on the system tray. I reverted the UI back to the Classic
>> and the icons fortunately stayed on. He was saying he switched the UI
>> because the default UI is more convenient for him to use not because
>> he suspected the Classic UI.
>> The problem must be a bug related to the Classic UI. The first thing I
>> did with this PC was to switch the UI to the Classic but if I
>> configured the network and checked the sound system before switching
>> the UI, then I would not have this problem.
>> Thank you anyway for trying to help me.
>>
>> Michael Walraven wrote:
>>> Sorry, can't help. Never happened to me so have no idea why they
>>> would be grayed out.
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
>>> news:uR6w7WaOIHA.5140@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Michael;
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your response.
>>>> I followed your suggestion and saw 'Volume' and 'Network' under
>>>> System Icons. But both are grayed so I could not add check marks.
>>>> What could be wrong?
>>>>
>>>> PS: Network icon is also not shown on the system tray.
>>>>
>>>> Churin
>>>>
>>>> Michael Walraven wrote:
>>>>> Right click in the taskbar area
>>>>> select properties
>>>>> notification area tab
>>>>> system icons
>>>>> should have a box to select for Volume
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "churin" <churin@new.postalias> wrote in message
>>>>> news:u1uSQDSOIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Speaker icon for volume control is missing from the system tray.
>>>>>> This is with a brand new notebook PC I just bought. Otherwise,
>>>>>> audio is working just fine. Could anyone help?
>>>>>

What does it take for Microsoft to come out with a "patch" to fix the problem
with icons disappearing from the notification area? It's obvious from reading
the posts that there have been quite a few users experiencing the same
problem.

"churin" wrote:

> Speaker icon for volume control is missing from the system tray. This is
> with a brand new notebook PC I just bought. Otherwise, audio is working
> just fine. Could anyone help?
>

[Melanies]

Please follow these simple steps to restore your volume, power etc. icons that are grayed out for Vista! Simple:
Go to Start Menu
Click on Programs
Click on Accessories
Click on System Tools
Click on Control Panel
Click on Taskbar & Start Menu
Click on Notification Area, your boxes are no longer grayed out, click the ones you want open, I searched for months without finding a solution & a friend gave me this, please post it EVERYWHERE!