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    Volume and Power system icons

    Discussion in 'HP' started by WWScoobyDo, Oct 24, 2007.

  1. WWScoobyDo

    WWScoobyDo Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, so I've been doing the things in the Vista tweaks thread to speed up my dv9500z. So far so good, however, somewhere along the way I've lost the Volume and Power system icons. Clock and network are still there, however the Volume and the Power items are greyed and cannot be selected on the notification tab under Taskbar and Start menu properties.

    What did I do to cause this? I'd like to have both of these icons back in the system tray if possible. Adjusting the volume with the touch keys is too slow.
    Thanks.
     
    WWScoobyDo, Oct 24, 2007
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  2. kekinash

    kekinash Notebook Guru

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    Sorry didn't read all the post. Time to go to bed....
     
    kekinash, Oct 24, 2007
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  3. iholla

    iholla Notebook Geek

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    Right click on your taskbar and select properties--go over to the NOTIFICATION AREA tab--there you will find checkmarks for those items
     
    iholla, Oct 25, 2007
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  4. orev

    orev Notebook Virtuoso

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    The problem is those are grayed-out. I had this problem, and it's a result of a crash during shutdown. The fix is this:
    1. Open regedit as administrator
    2. Find the key "Iconstreams"
    3. Delete all keys called "iconstreams" and "pasticonstreams"
    4. Reboot
    5. Now they are no longer grayed out in the properties box, so you can enable them.
     
    orev, Oct 25, 2007
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  5. WWScoobyDo

    WWScoobyDo Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, I'll try that Orev.
     
    WWScoobyDo, Oct 25, 2007
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