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Last answer on Apr 25, 2009 12:16:14 am BST george, on Jul 1, 2008 1:12:06 pm BST 
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Hello,
i was wondering if everyone can help me as i am curently using Windows Vista just now and everytime when i open then shut off my laptop some of the system icons on the bottom left are always missing and different each time i log on eg volume, battery and the network bar, sometimes it turns up then it disappears, i try to put it on manually on the propertie part but its unhighlighted and woudn't let me put it on. Can someone plz help me as its very annoying

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Julia, on Jul 30, 2008 5:25:29 am BST

The same thing keeps happening to me. I found an answer at the site below:

http://www.techsupportforum.com/...

I followed the steps and it worked great, but then it happened again. I tried to follow the steps again and it didn't work the second time. So I don't know if this is the real solution.

Hope this helps.

Julia

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 Mr X, on Apr 25, 2009 12:16:14 am BST
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Untick 'hide inactive icons'

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