missing systray icons

[Guest]

some icons refuse to appear in the notification area, even
though they're set to "always show" and the option to place
it in the systray is checked. e.g. every time i reboot, the
volume item always appears in the past items list in the
"customize" dialog for "hide inactive icons."

i've tried:
-the runlogonscriptsync reg tweak
-notrayitemsdisplay reg tweak
-adding systray.exe to startup folder
-disabling upnp and ssdp services
-clearing entries in the hide inactive icons dialog

has anyone solved this issue?

thanks.

 

[Guest]

i've tried a number of tweaks, including the taskbar repair utility from kelly's site, but it doesn't offer a fix

i do notice that running bootvis will make the icons appear at startup, but obviously i can't run it every time. i want to know why xp keeps moving the items i've configured to the "past items" section.