The volume control icon has disappeared from the taskbar

Anonymous
2008-12-11T19:26:38+00:00

From: msiz

My volume control button has dissapeared from the bottom right hand corner of my screen - how can i get it back?

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Anonymous
2008-12-11T19:27:28+00:00

From: Arun

Dont Worry....... Just rightclick on taskbar---->properties----->select Notification Area Tab--------->In system Icon select "volume" ................I hope it will help u........

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-04-21T00:10:02+00:00

    thanks it worked and was so easy!

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-03-31T14:23:16+00:00

    When I downloaded a new driver for my speaker system and rebooted, the grey areas in the display area dissapeared. I was then able to click on the volume box and the speaker icon reappeared in the system tray area.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-03-31T14:19:29+00:00

    When I downloaded a new driver for my speaker system and rebooted, the grey areas in the display area dissapeared. I was then able to click on the volume box and the speaker icon reappeared in the system tray area.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-03-31T06:34:32+00:00

    Hi victoria123,

    See my reply above which shows you how to deal with it using several methods including

    when it is grayed out.

    Hope this helps.


    Rob - Bicycle - Mark Twain said it right.

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