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Disappearing Icons in Taskbar Notification Area
This is my issue: Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 3; Pentium 4 @
2.0GHz; 256MB RDRAM When I boot the computer, all of the icons that I require appear in the notification area ("system tray"). There's no problem there (in the beginning). After using the computer for about an hour or so (or less time sometimes), some of the icons disappear from the notification area, and go into "hide" mode. Now, I have set the "Properties" (by right-clicking on the taskbar) of these icons to "always show." So, I would assume that the icons that I have set to "always show" will do just that. But, that is not the case. For whatever reason, some programs in the notification area have had their property settings changed. I.e., when I right-click on the task bar to look at the "Properties" settings that I have originally customized for the icons, the settings have changed from "always show" to "hide when inactive." (The only way to see them is to click on the circle icon to the left of the notification area.) This only happens with some of the icons at any given time. But the problem has happened to all the icons (in any random order) in the notification area at one time or another. I have checked for virus problems, but have found none. Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks, so much, for your help in this matter. P.S. - I recently disabled the SSDP Discovery Service and the Universal Plug and Play Device Host Service. Waiting to see if that helps. -- Wade Terry |
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