Some tray icons disappear

[kimiraikkonen]

Hello,
I need your help about this common problem runnıng on XP Pro SP2.

I have only 4 icons that have to appear in the system tray after
logging on. But sometimes some of icons disappear although they are
present at ''system processes'' when you do ctrl-alt-del and working.
But i cannot see some icons after start-up Windows.

These icons are:
1-Safe Remove Hardware (for my PCMCIA ethernet adapter, sometimes
appear sometimes disapper when connected to the internet at start-up)
2-Sound icon
3-A4 Tech's amoumain.exe
4-LAN connection icon

Sometimes, i did not figure out that one of these icons disappear
after just logging on Windows, maybe more icons.

Is there a hotfix or solution for this annoyance?

Note: I'am not talking about ''hide inactive icons'', well this
feature is disabled but still some icons disappear. Why?

Thanks for the advance.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Notification area icons are missing at startup.

Try disabling the SSDP Discovery Service and the Universal Plug and Play
Device Host service.

Notification area icons are missing at startup
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/trayicons.htm

How To: Fix Missing System Tray Icons at Windows XP startup
http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_013.html

Your pointer changes to an hourglass when you hold it over the taskbar for a
few minutes after starting your Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841571

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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