Q: The “Show volume icon in the taskbar” is checked. But, I experience an error on this icon will appear during my first run of the day. To set the icon to appear, I have the box, click Apply, check and uncheck the box then click OK. I am the administrator and sole user of my machine. It is password protected. During occasional reboots, which can happen throughout the day, the icon seems to appear as it should. It is not 100% and I am not able to figure out a cause-effect relation to why. In addition, some items in my Start Up folder not start on the taskbar. Ive re-select the Start menu just for them to do. I did a search on this subject right here at AnandTech, and get no hits. There is no Knowledge Based article about this exact problem with Microsoft. I got help from MS Tech Support and they thought it might be a bug in the SP-1. They proposed to remove my password, reboot, then reinstall the password again to start another. This did appear to resolve the issue, but the cure is not stick. Anyone else experience this? Other than waiting for SP-2 or removal of SP-1, does anyone have a suggestion to try? I can live with it, but its damn annoying!: Frown:: confused:
Re:sorry you had to do it , but glad it worked . i've had that before with 98 i think and reinstall was all i could do too.
Re:guy, I finally took your suggestion to reload the OS. I did a clean install on a new FAT 32 partition. I reinstalled all Windows Updates, drivers and programs. The case of the missing Volume Icon is solved. Thanks for your help.
:cool:Re:man , i hate to say it but sometimes it's just the quickest way to deal with windows most bizzare problems : repair\reinstall
good luck
Re:guy, I tried your suggestion. There is no problems reflected in Device Manager regarding sound or any other area. All say they are working properly, enabled with no IRQ conflicts. Sound card drivers are current for my SBLive Platinum card. Thanks.
Re:have you looked at the device manager when the volume icon disapears to see if there are any problems with the sound card ?
if it is a problem with Plug and Play detection you might be back to a repair.
good luck
Re:guy, I did not know that tip. It works perfectly. Thanks.
Re:have you tried powering up the scanner then in device manager>scan for hardware changes?
works for my non scsi scanner!
Re:guy, I can run all day without a reboot. However, there are occations when I might reboot during the day. One common reason is my scanner. I do not need it running all day long. Since it is a SCSI device, the OS will not recognize it by simply powering it up. A reboot is necessary for it to operate correctly with its software. Another common reason I might reboot is due to a Windows Update. Recently, MS sent an update in response to a worm virus that hit the internet. Crashes with Win XP Pro SP-1 are rare. Your suggestion to do a repair implies a corrupted sndvol32.exe file. MS has a KB article on this, but I do no fit the exact criteria. It suggests expanding the sndvol32.exe from the installation CD. This is far easier than doing a full repair. However, this file behaves normally for me. I do not get an error message of any kind, as is implied in the KB article.
guy, thanks for confirming I am not alone on this. If installing or uninstalling Universal Plug & Play is the trigger, then it is a bug MS needs to know about. I believe you would need to power down your system to confirm this. What is strange is that the behavior of this icon is different with a restart versus a shutdown. It's a mystery.
Re:well i dont know if this is a bug or if its just my machine but when i install upnp (universal plug and play) support my volume icon doesnt show up when i boot. if i uncheck "show volume in system tray", click apply, then recheck it, and click apply it comes back up.
Re:During occasional reboots that may happen throughout the workday, the icon seems to appear as it should. However, it is not 100% and I am unable to figure out a cause/effect relationship is there a reason your rebooting durring the day ? if your having to , due to other problems , the volume icon may just be a symptom of something else. if so a repair install might help.
good luck
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