System icons are turned off

[Magna]

There are four system icons in the notification area of the task bar. Of these, only 'Clock' is turned on. 'Volume', 'network', and 'power' are grayed out, permanently inaccessible. I have always had these turned on.

I don't recall when these went bye-bye but it's a recent event. I could reset to an earlier time to skip a few weekly updates but I'd like to know how these got turned off and what I can do to turn them on. Somehow, a switch in the bowels of the beast got thrown. Where is it?

I also note that my volume mixer has morphed into something entirely new that shows a master volume slider and volume sliders that are application-specific. Was this some helpful update from the wonder kids at Miscroswift?

[tfspry]

For Win 7 and XP Pro ...
Not sure about Vista

Try right click on the Clock>Properties> then for your choices, turn on or off as desired.

[CLiNT]

The items that are "grayed out" should be accessed from the control panel to verify their integrity.

sfc /scannow
Remove Old Notification Icons In Windows 7


1 Try using the "Restore default icon behaviors", and toggle between "Turn system icons on or off" in the main "Notification Area Icons" section.
2 Uncheck each icon's taskbar view in it's control panel location, then use the above
" Remove Old Noticication Icons in Windows 7".
3 Use the system file checker to scan for and replace potentially corrupted system files.

[rezbait]

Few days ago, my power, network, and volume icons disappeared from the tray area of Windows 7.

system-icons.png

When I chose “Customize notification icons” and then “Turn system icons on or off”, the choices were grayed out like the image to the left.

I tried the Group Policy and registry solutions that I found online, but with no success.


Here’s how I finally fixed it:

Click here full solution

Thanks

Rezba

[Medico]

Rezba, first, welcome to the Lounge.

Nice find. This might very well help someone else having a similar problem.

[rezbait]

There are four system icons in the notification area of the task bar. Of these, only 'Clock' is turned on. 'Volume', 'network', and 'power' are grayed out, permanently inaccessible. I have always had these turned on.

I don't recall when these went bye-bye but it's a recent event. I could reset to an earlier time to skip a few weekly updates but I'd like to know how these got turned off and what I can do to turn them on. Somehow, a switch in the bowels of the beast got thrown. Where is it?

I also note that my volume mixer has morphed into something entirely new that shows a master volume slider and volume sliders that are application-specific. Was this some helpful update from the wonder kids at Miscroswift?

Hi

I faced simlar problem and I fixed it.

Please Click here for solution.

Thanks

Rezba