Almost thought I had it licked. Tried what you said. Gave myself a
password and lo and behold, the volume icon was there. So I shut down all
the way to try it again. The second time, however, it didn't work; now,
however there's an icon in the system tray that has never been there before.
This is driving me crazy. Thanks for your help, Jeannine
"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
news:e4N3gSs7FHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:05:25 -0800, Jeannine Gaskell wrote:
>
>> Wesley, I looked at Kelly's. Before trying the hard stuff, I logged off
>> and
>> on again. And now I have the volume icon. So this is what happens:
>> When I boot up, since I am the only user (other than guest) and I have
>> administrative rights, I don't get a login screen. Once it gets booted,
>> then I log off. I then log back on and the volume icon is there. Does
>> this
>> mean I have a whole other set of problems? I really don't want to boot,
>> log
>> off, and then log on. Like I said, I haven't tried the other things the
>> Kelly's suggested. Advice?
>
> It's possible that something is misfiring in the fast logon that goes
> directly to the desktop and that in turn causes a missing volume icon.
> When
> you log off and log on again, not as much has to be loaded to bring up
> your
> desktop when compared to the complete load that occurs from a cold start.
> In other words, the volume icon is not having trouble showing up with the
> reduced "traffic" of log off/log on.
>
> Consider adding a password to your account so that it stops at the welcome
> screen the first time. The short wait while you type in your password, may
> give enough extra time for your tray items, including the volume control
> icon, to load properly on the first pass.
>
> NOTE: Saw your other posts about creating a second account and then later
> deleting it. Unless there's something you've left out, there's no logical
> reason that those actions would have a carryover effect to what you're
> currently working through.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User