how to get network connection to show in taskbar

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I have tried everything and cannot get my connection to show on the taskbar
status notification area. I tried everything suggested in previous
suggestions. I feel it has something to do with the registry
 
In kntrygirl5 had this to say:

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I have tried everything and cannot get my connection to show on the
taskbar status notification area. I tried everything suggested in
previous suggestions. I feel it has something to do with the registry
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Have you selected the option from the control panel?

Start
Settings
Control Panel
Classic View (if on category view)
Network Connections
Right click it
Select properties
Tick the two boxes at the bottom of the General tab
Click Okay

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whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Galen said:
In kntrygirl5 had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


Have you selected the option from the control panel?

Start
Settings
Control Panel
Classic View (if on category view)
Network Connections
Right click it
Select properties
Tick the two boxes at the bottom of the General tab
Click Okay

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes


Thanks Galen for your help. This did not fix the problem. The computer icon and the little arrow that use to reside in front of the status notification bar are the only thing missing. I had my computer repaired and when I got it back this is what had happened. Took it back to computer shop person who had worked on it had left the business, new person could not fix and living in a rural area this is a problem!
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In kntrygirl5 had this to say:

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Oh my how I understand... I'm atop a mountain in VERY rural settings.

So you have the settings there and ALL of the connections are set to show
the notification icon? How rural is this? Is this a dial-up connection we
speak of or is it a LAN connection? In other words - is this a connection
between two computers via a NIC or via a modem?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Galen said:
In kntrygirl5 had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


Oh my how I understand... I'm atop a mountain in VERY rural settings.

So you have the settings there and ALL of the connections are set to show
the notification icon? How rural is this? Is this a dial-up connection we
speak of or is it a LAN connection? In other words - is this a connection
between two computers via a NIC or via a modem?

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes

This is a dial up via a modem.
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In kntrygirl5 had this to say:

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And you have the option selected in the dial-up settings to show the icon
when connected for that connection? I'd have to guess that in this case
you'll want to delete the connection and then recreate the connection and
see if that does the trick. I must admit that this is an unusual one.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
Galen said:
In kntrygirl5 had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


And you have the option selected in the dial-up settings to show the icon
when connected for that connection? I'd have to guess that in this case
you'll want to delete the connection and then recreate the connection and
see if that does the trick. I must admit that this is an unusual one.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes

Yes, I've done all of the above and nothing works. I don't know if the registry was changed and maybe this could of caused it. I hate to have to do a system restore but it looks as if this is the only way to fix this problem..
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In kntrygirl5 had this to say:

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I don't suppose you have it set to hidden? Right click on the task bar,
select properties, click customize next to the hide inactive icons... Is it
there?

You can also try Kelly's (she's an MVP) taskbar repair kit tool.

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
 
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