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Old May 17th 09, 03:33 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
YourWadeness
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Default Erratic Behavior of System Tray

This is my issue: When I boot the computer, all of the icons that I require
appear in the system tray. There's no problem there (in the beginning). After
using the computer for about an hour or so, some of the icons disappear from
the system tray, and go into "hide" mode.

Now, I have set the "Properties" (by right-clicking on the task bar) 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 system tray have had their
property settings changed. I.e., when I right-click on the task bar to look
at the "Properties" that I have originally set up for the icons, the settings
have changed from "always show" to "hide when inactive."

This only happens with some of the icons at any given time. But the problem
has happened to all the icons in the system tray at one time or another.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks, so much, for your help in
this matter.
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Wade Terry

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  #2  
Old May 17th 09, 01:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Gerry
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Default Erratic Behavior of System Tray

Wade

Are they there if you click the icon to the left of the Notification
Tray?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


YourWadeness wrote:
This is my issue: When I boot the computer, all of the icons that I
require appear in the system tray. There's no problem there (in the
beginning). After using the computer for about an hour or so, some of
the icons disappear from the system tray, and go into "hide" mode.

Now, I have set the "Properties" (by right-clicking on the task bar)
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 system tray have had their
property settings changed. I.e., when I right-click on the task bar
to look at the "Properties" that I have originally set up for the
icons, the settings have changed from "always show" to "hide when
inactive."

This only happens with some of the icons at any given time. But the
problem has happened to all the icons in the system tray at one time
or another.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks, so much, for your
help in this matter.


  #3  
Old May 17th 09, 01:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Gerry
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Posts: 9,437
Default Erratic Behavior of System Tray

Wade

Are they there if you click the icon to the left of the Notification
Tray?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


YourWadeness wrote:
This is my issue: When I boot the computer, all of the icons that I
require appear in the system tray. There's no problem there (in the
beginning). After using the computer for about an hour or so, some of
the icons disappear from the system tray, and go into "hide" mode.

Now, I have set the "Properties" (by right-clicking on the task bar)
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 system tray have had their
property settings changed. I.e., when I right-click on the task bar
to look at the "Properties" that I have originally set up for the
icons, the settings have changed from "always show" to "hide when
inactive."

This only happens with some of the icons at any given time. But the
problem has happened to all the icons in the system tray at one time
or another.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks, so much, for your
help in this matter.


  #4  
Old May 17th 09, 10:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
YourWadeness
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Default Erratic Behavior of System Tray

Dear Gerry,

Thanks for your suggestion. The icons do appear when I click on the icon
to the left of the Notification Tray. But that still does not solve my
original problem of why the icons go into "hide" mode when I didn't set it up
that way in the first place.

As I stated in my initial inquiry, I set some of the icons to "always show"
when I right-click on the task bar "Properties" menu and customize the
settings. But for some unknown reason, those same icons that I have set to
"always show," disappear into "hide" (or "inactive") mode at any given time
(usually about an hour or so after booting).

Once again, do you have any knowledge of why this is happening?

Thanks, so much, for your continued assistance. :-)
--
Wade Terry


"Gerry" wrote:

Wade

Are they there if you click the icon to the left of the Notification
Tray?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


YourWadeness wrote:
This is my issue: When I boot the computer, all of the icons that I
require appear in the system tray. There's no problem there (in the
beginning). After using the computer for about an hour or so, some of
the icons disappear from the system tray, and go into "hide" mode.

Now, I have set the "Properties" (by right-clicking on the task bar)
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 system tray have had their
property settings changed. I.e., when I right-click on the task bar
to look at the "Properties" that I have originally set up for the
icons, the settings have changed from "always show" to "hide when
inactive."

This only happens with some of the icons at any given time. But the
problem has happened to all the icons in the system tray -- at, apparently, random order -- at one time
or another.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks, so much, for your
help in this matter.



  #5  
Old May 17th 09, 10:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
YourWadeness
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Posts: 10
Default Erratic Behavior of System Tray

Dear Gerry,

Thanks for your suggestion. The icons do appear when I click on the icon
to the left of the Notification Tray. But that still does not solve my
original problem of why the icons go into "hide" mode when I didn't set it up
that way in the first place.

As I stated in my initial inquiry, I set some of the icons to "always show"
when I right-click on the task bar "Properties" menu and customize the
settings. But for some unknown reason, those same icons that I have set to
"always show," disappear into "hide" (or "inactive") mode at any given time
(usually about an hour or so after booting).

Once again, do you have any knowledge of why this is happening?

Thanks, so much, for your continued assistance. :-)
--
Wade Terry


"Gerry" wrote:

Wade

Are they there if you click the icon to the left of the Notification
Tray?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


YourWadeness wrote:
This is my issue: When I boot the computer, all of the icons that I
require appear in the system tray. There's no problem there (in the
beginning). After using the computer for about an hour or so, some of
the icons disappear from the system tray, and go into "hide" mode.

Now, I have set the "Properties" (by right-clicking on the task bar)
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 system tray have had their
property settings changed. I.e., when I right-click on the task bar
to look at the "Properties" that I have originally set up for the
icons, the settings have changed from "always show" to "hide when
inactive."

This only happens with some of the icons at any given time. But the
problem has happened to all the icons in the system tray -- at, apparently, random order -- at one time
or another.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks, so much, for your
help in this matter.



  #6  
Old May 17th 09, 10:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Gerry
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Posts: 9,437
Default Erratic Behavior of System Tray

Wade

I suspect it is as intended. It's no big deal to click on the icon
first.


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

YourWadeness wrote:
Dear Gerry,

Thanks for your suggestion. The icons do appear when I click on the
icon to the left of the Notification Tray. But that still does not
solve my original problem of why the icons go into "hide" mode when I
didn't set it up that way in the first place.

As I stated in my initial inquiry, I set some of the icons to "always
show" when I right-click on the task bar "Properties" menu and
customize the settings. But for some unknown reason, those same icons
that I have set to "always show," disappear into "hide" (or
"inactive") mode at any given time (usually about an hour or so after
booting).

Once again, do you have any knowledge of why this is happening?

Thanks, so much, for your continued assistance. :-)

Wade

Are they there if you click the icon to the left of the
Notification Tray?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


YourWadeness wrote:
This is my issue: When I boot the computer, all of the icons that I
require appear in the system tray. There's no problem there (in the
beginning). After using the computer for about an hour or so, some
of
the icons disappear from the system tray, and go into "hide" mode.

Now, I have set the "Properties" (by right-clicking on the task bar)
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 system tray have had their
property settings changed. I.e., when I right-click on the task bar
to look at the "Properties" that I have originally set up for the
icons, the settings have changed from "always show" to "hide when
inactive."

This only happens with some of the icons at any given time. But the
problem has happened to all the icons in the system tray -- at,
apparently, random order -- at one time or another.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks, so much, for your
help in this matter.


  #7  
Old May 17th 09, 10:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
Gerry
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 9,437
Default Erratic Behavior of System Tray

Wade

I suspect it is as intended. It's no big deal to click on the icon
first.


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

YourWadeness wrote:
Dear Gerry,

Thanks for your suggestion. The icons do appear when I click on the
icon to the left of the Notification Tray. But that still does not
solve my original problem of why the icons go into "hide" mode when I
didn't set it up that way in the first place.

As I stated in my initial inquiry, I set some of the icons to "always
show" when I right-click on the task bar "Properties" menu and
customize the settings. But for some unknown reason, those same icons
that I have set to "always show," disappear into "hide" (or
"inactive") mode at any given time (usually about an hour or so after
booting).

Once again, do you have any knowledge of why this is happening?

Thanks, so much, for your continued assistance. :-)

Wade

Are they there if you click the icon to the left of the
Notification Tray?


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


YourWadeness wrote:
This is my issue: When I boot the computer, all of the icons that I
require appear in the system tray. There's no problem there (in the
beginning). After using the computer for about an hour or so, some
of
the icons disappear from the system tray, and go into "hide" mode.

Now, I have set the "Properties" (by right-clicking on the task bar)
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 system tray have had their
property settings changed. I.e., when I right-click on the task bar
to look at the "Properties" that I have originally set up for the
icons, the settings have changed from "always show" to "hide when
inactive."

This only happens with some of the icons at any given time. But the
problem has happened to all the icons in the system tray -- at,
apparently, random order -- at one time or another.

Does anyone know why this is happening? Thanks, so much, for your
help in this matter.


 




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