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by richard.colond

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I've lost the Speaker button that controls sound volume,that resides in the Taskbar at the bottom right, together with the time, etc.

Could some tell me how I can quickly get the button to 're-appear' without having to reload NT?

Thanks.

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by oddball

You mentioned this is not the only button your missing. I have seen this on numerous occasions. Usually simply loggin out and on corrcts the problem. In rare cases a full reboot did the trick. Have you done these steps already?

by oddball

ok then check the SystemTray value name at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run has a text string of SysTray.exe

(got this info from http://www.jsiinc.com/ - the nt reg hacks links - I usually find my answers there ;)

by maz1980

1. To show speaker button, go to Control Panel>Multimedia and check "Show Volume Contro on The Taskbar"

2. To show clock, right click empty space on the taskbar, choose properties. In th eproperties window, clik "show clock".

by maz1980

1. To show speaker button, go to Control Panel>Multimedia and check "Show Volume Contro on The Taskbar"

2. To show clock, right click empty space on the taskbar, choose properties. In th eproperties window, clik "show clock".

by sherrym

Right-click the bottom right side of task bar. (Where the time appears) Select Toolbars>quicklaunch

by richard.colond

This is what I did:

I could not uninstall the Audio card driver since it did not show up under the Audio Devices in the Multimedia Properties applet and the Audio Devices directory.

I tried installing the audio card driver 2ce from the network and rebooted, and still no luck.

I added the driver to the Mixer Devices and then rebooted. No sound volume yet but it was in the Mixer Devices.

I then uninstalled it from the Mixer Devices and rebooted.

I also changed the Workstation Services from the Services applet to Automatic instead of Manual.

I then installed the driver from the network and rebooted it.

And... Voila! now it works.

I would like to replicate the problem but I'm not sure where the problem originated but it began with the installation of a new network card and a subsequent IRQ conflict.

But why is there no conflict now since the network card is still there.

I wonder if I reinstalled the network card if the problem would reappear?

Anyway, thanks to all who tried to resolve the problem for me.

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