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bcorkery
03-14-2008, 02:14 PM
Way Off Topic, I know. But this is the best source of anything digital I know of!

I was looking for my speaker icon on the taskbar of my office computer ... gone. In the control pannel there was a check mark to show it. I had to uncheck it and recheck it to make it appear again. Hooray for little victories!

Also, for the past couple of days, I've noticed that the icon to dismount USB dirves was missing and have been using the explorer to eject the drives, hoping that had the same effect and didn't seem to be a problem. It's much faster to just click the taskbar though. Is there a way to get it back on there?

Sorry to get off topic.

Thanks,
Bill
Pedro Itriago
03-14-2008, 03:11 PM
That has been one of XP's "maladies" since day 1. The disapearing tray icons. It's also random. Get used to it
Warren
03-14-2008, 03:19 PM
Are you sure your not hiding inactive icons on taskbar? That would do what you state.
bcorkery
03-14-2008, 05:07 PM
Yeah, I'm hiding inactive icons, but clicking that little arrow shows them again ... usually. When the others are un-hidden, there's still no USB un-hitcher thingy. :mad:

I tried to restore defaults, nothing. Pedro may have it right but he didn't post a crying velvet Elvis or anything. WOT's up with that? :D
Pedro Itriago
03-14-2008, 08:25 PM
Here's a picture for you. This guy appears whenever your icon disappear

http://www.digitaljournal.com/images/photo/toyotarobotviolin.jpg

Try this http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/8985-taskbar-icons-disappear.html or this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321213
bcorkery
03-14-2008, 10:56 PM
THAT's what I'm talking aoubt! Thanks Pedro. :)
Pedro Itriago
03-15-2008, 05:31 AM
THAT's what I'm talking aoubt! Thanks Pedro. :)

I was in too much of a hurry to get to work yesterday morning, so I only had time to be cynic :)
bcorkery
03-15-2008, 10:51 AM
I'm always amazed at the graphics you come up with! Fun stuff.
:D :) :D
Pedro Itriago
03-15-2008, 12:55 PM
The magic of google!!
studio-c
03-17-2008, 11:35 AM
Pedro is God. :D

On the original topic, stuff like that usually scares me into backing up my HD :D, kind of like getting a blue "memory dump" screen.

Cheers,
Scott
bcorkery
03-18-2008, 05:45 PM
Good idea Scott!
Thanks.
Dave Labrecque
03-19-2008, 11:39 AM
Good idea Scott!
Thanks.

While we're in the realm...

Can anyone recommend a good "save your desktop icon arrangement" utility? I've been doing okay without one for a while, but I recently did a remote control from home thing, and the next day, the office computer desktop was a shambles.
bcorkery
03-19-2008, 12:55 PM
Here's a picture for you. This guy appears whenever your icon disappear

http://www.digitaljournal.com/images/photo/toyotarobotviolin.jpg

Try this http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/8985-taskbar-icons-disappear.html or this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321213Your rubber space violinist guy helped. I disabled the UPnP and SSDP services and ... THEY'RE BA-ACK!

Thanks a ton,
Bill
Mike Bizanovich
03-20-2008, 03:32 PM
While we're in the realm...

Can anyone recommend a good "save your desktop icon arrangement" utility? I've been doing okay without one for a while, but I recently did a remote control from home thing, and the next day, the office computer desktop was a shambles.

Dave:

Try this. I've used it for several months now and it works well.

http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html (http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html)

Mike Bizanovich
Wheeling, WV
Dave Labrecque
03-23-2008, 11:39 PM
Dave:

Try this. I've used it for several months now and it works well.

http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html (http://users.rcn.com/taylotr/icon_restore.html)

Mike Bizanovich
Wheeling, WV

Thanks, Mike! I'll check it out! :)

Looks pretty elegant and minimalistic. I like that.