Hide Inactive Icons Not Working

[John McGaw]

I had a problem this AM when I took my Vista 64 Home Premium notebook out
of sleep -- the network icon was missing from the notification area and the
checkbox which should have turned it on was grayed out. I searched the KB
and found a solution (KB9450011) which got the icon back. The problem is
that _all_ of the icons are showing up in the notification area and despite
"hide inactive icons" being checked none of them ever goes away now. I have
unchecked, applied, rechecked, applied, rebooted, several times. Same
result. Ring any bells?

On another odd, note, searching in the support KB is acting beyond weird. I
found the previously-mentioned KB article one time. But it now refuses to
come back using the same search terms. Ditto when I search for "hide
inactive icons"; sometimes a few half-hearted results comes up but most
often nothing at all shows. Is the KB database suffering issues this morning?

 

[John McGaw]

I had a problem this AM when I took my Vista 64 Home Premium notebook
out of sleep -- the network icon was missing from the notification area
and the checkbox which should have turned it on was grayed out. I
searched the KB and found a solution (KB9450011) which got the icon
back. The problem is that _all_ of the icons are showing up in the
notification area and despite "hide inactive icons" being checked none
of them ever goes away now. I have unchecked, applied, rechecked,
applied, rebooted, several times. Same result. Ring any bells?

On another odd, note, searching in the support KB is acting beyond
weird. I found the previously-mentioned KB article one time. But it now
refuses to come back using the same search terms. Ditto when I search
for "hide inactive icons"; sometimes a few half-hearted results comes up
but most often nothing at all shows. Is the KB database suffering issues
this morning?

Well, without explanation and 4+ hours after the fact the icons are now
hiding/unhiding as would be expected. No clue as to what is going on.

Oh, and the KB searches are still erratic and not providing nearly the
number of results I'd expect.