Hopefully a solution!
Thursday, November 11, 2004 at 6:23 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Brent
(3 messages posted)
Hope this helps...
Bottom line is that you want your system tray to run at startup....system tray includes
the windows sound icon, network connections, power monitor etc.
PLEASE CREATE RESTORE POINT NOW!!!!
If you mess up at any point just restore to this restore point and start again
NOTE: Don't type in the quotes when entering data below.
None of this will affect third party applications running in your computer's system
tray as systray.exe and the others are independent.
Run the window registry editor (START, RUN, regedit)
You need to create a new String Value called "systray" in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Then give in the value: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\systray.exe"
To do all this:
1. START, RUN, type "regedit", hit enter
2. Once in the Registry Editor, navigate the left directory tree to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
3. Then right click on the right window pane, click new, then string value.
4. Give the new string value the name "systray"
5. Your new value should now have the name "systray", the type "REG_SZ", and no data.
6. Right click on your new "systray" value and click "modify".
7. Now give "systray" the value data: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\systray.exe"
8. Click ok and close the Registry Editor.
9. Restart your computer.
You should now have your systray back at boot.
Hope this helps.
Email me if anybody gets stuck.
Brent
brent.martel@gmail.com
CANADA
On Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 8:41 am, Kenny wrote:
>This is beginning to make more sense to me now. The majority of the time that I
lose
>my icons upon log-in is when I relocate to a new wireless network (at school). When
>I boot up the first time at home, the icons are missing as well. Upon subsequent
>reboots at home, the icons are there sometimes.
>
>I think the problem is that UPnP and SSDP are too busy trying to find out if there
>are any UPnP devices on the network. Besides disabling UPnP and SSDP, logging off
>and back on DOES work for me.
>
>So far, for the past few times I have started or rebooted my laptop, I have not
had
>the problem. When it comes back, I will try out disabling the UPnP and SSDP services.
>
>
>
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