Task Bar Notification area

[Fred S *****]

Hi folks,

I'm running Vista on my laptop and have set the Volume control, internet
connection, sidebar, there.

Seems like some days the only thing there is the volume control and when
I unlock the taskbar to fix it, the settings for the others are blacked out.

Sometimes they are not greyed out and I can check all of them.

Any ideas of how to get Vista to hold onto these settings?

Thanks, Fred

 

[Fred S *****]

Still need some help on this one.