Power Icon disappears from System tray taskbar and start menu

The battery power icon seems to disappear at times from the system
tray/taskbar. I clicked on the taskbar and start menu properties and tabbed
"Notification area". The system icons - clock, volume were checked (I don't
check network). The power line is grayed out and is not checked. How can I
get the power icon back?

I have vista premium installed on my new Toshiba Satellite notebook.

Thanks. Norm.

On 16 Apr, 16:52, Norm75 <Nor...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> The battery power icon seems to disappear at times from the system
> tray/taskbar. I clicked on the taskbar and start menu properties and tabbed
> "Notification area". The system icons - clock, volume were checked (I don't
> check network). The power line is grayed out and is not checked. How can I
> get the power icon back?
>
> I have vista premium installed on my new Toshiba Satellite notebook.
>
> Thanks. Norm.

Hi Norm,

I don't have a solution for this but I can confirm that I am
experiencing the same problem.
Surely this must be something to do with a recent Vista update as it
appears to have happened to many people at the same time.

HD

Thanks Harry - glad to know that I am not alone. We'll keep watching this
board and hopefully someone will have an answer. As you say, it could be due
to recent updates.

CHeers, Norm.

"Harry" wrote:

> On 16 Apr, 16:52, Norm75 <Nor...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > The battery power icon seems to disappear at times from the system
> > tray/taskbar. I clicked on the taskbar and start menu properties and tabbed
> > "Notification area". The system icons - clock, volume were checked (I don't
> > check network). The power line is grayed out and is not checked. How can I
> > get the power icon back?
> >
> > I have vista premium installed on my new Toshiba Satellite notebook.
> >
> > Thanks. Norm.
>
> Hi Norm,
>
> I don't have a solution for this but I can confirm that I am
> experiencing the same problem.
> Surely this must be something to do with a recent Vista update as it
> appears to have happened to many people at the same time.
>
> HD
>
>

Harry - I found that the realtek audio driver was causing a problem and I
backed out of the it - from the device manager. Got the icons back and the
sound is still working fine.

There is obviously something wrong within vista that this should happen. Now
I installed my Canon digital camera software to upload pictures and the icons
have once again gone - grayed out as well in the notification area. Canon was
absolutely no help. I'm simply going to uninstall the software and use
another computer for my pictures.

Norm.

"Harry" wrote:

> On 16 Apr, 16:52, Norm75 <Nor...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > The battery power icon seems to disappear at times from the system
> > tray/taskbar. I clicked on the taskbar and start menu properties and tabbed
> > "Notification area". The system icons - clock, volume were checked (I don't
> > check network). The power line is grayed out and is not checked. How can I
> > get the power icon back?
> >
> > I have vista premium installed on my new Toshiba Satellite notebook.
> >
> > Thanks. Norm.
>
> Hi Norm,
>
> I don't have a solution for this but I can confirm that I am
> experiencing the same problem.
> Surely this must be something to do with a recent Vista update as it
> appears to have happened to many people at the same time.
>
> HD
>
>