system icon checkboxes grayed out

After my most recent reboot, my volume, network and power icons didn't appear
next to the clock. I checked in the properties, and the checkboxes to show
these icons are grayed out. How can I fix this? I need those icons back!
Thanks.

bump for more help. My battery is also draining in about 10 minutes, even
though it's set to "balanced."

"shawnw" wrote:

> After my most recent reboot, my volume, network and power icons didn't appear
> next to the clock. I checked in the properties, and the checkboxes to show
> these icons are grayed out. How can I fix this? I need those icons back!
> Thanks.

Shawn,

The same behavior happened to me and I can't tell what caused my Volume,
Network and Power System icons selections are greyed out. Please let me know
if you solve this.

Thanks,
Clyde
clyde@azebra.com

"shawnw" wrote:

> bump for more help. My battery is also draining in about 10 minutes, even
> though it's set to "balanced."
>
> "shawnw" wrote:
>
> > After my most recent reboot, my volume, network and power icons didn't appear
> > next to the clock. I checked in the properties, and the checkboxes to show
> > these icons are grayed out. How can I fix this? I need those icons back!
> > Thanks.

Clyde, turns out it was my Alps touchpad driver causing the issue. Both a
beta and Vista-released driver caused the problem. If you don't have an Alps
driver installed, I'd try taking off a driver you installed for a device on
your laptop.

Let me know what you find out.

"WildClyde" wrote:

> Shawn,
>
> The same behavior happened to me and I can't tell what caused my Volume,
> Network and Power System icons selections are greyed out. Please let me know
> if you solve this.
>
> Thanks,
> Clyde
> clyde@azebra.com
>
> "shawnw" wrote:
>
> > bump for more help. My battery is also draining in about 10 minutes, even
> > though it's set to "balanced."
> >
> > "shawnw" wrote:
> >
> > > After my most recent reboot, my volume, network and power icons didn't appear
> > > next to the clock. I checked in the properties, and the checkboxes to show
> > > these icons are grayed out. How can I fix this? I need those icons back!
> > > Thanks.