Volume and Clock icon is missing from the system tray and grayed out in the task bar properties in Windows Vista

Volume and Clock icon is missing from the system tray and grayed out in the task bar properties

Shut down the system and open the system tower and un-plug and reseat the power cable from the CD/DVD drive as well as unplug and reseat the drive cable from the mother board.

1. Unplug all non-essential external plug and play devices, especially cameras.

2. Click Start , and enter "regedit " into the Start Search field and press enter.

The registry editor window appears.

3. Select Computer in the main window.

4. Click File , Export , type a filename that is easy for you to remember, and click Save.

A copy of the registry has saved for back-up purposes to the Documents folder. If problems occur after using these steps, browse to the file and double-click it to restore the registry.

Follow the below given steps to clear the registry.

1.Click Start , and enter "regedit " into the Start Search field and press enter.

2. Click Edit/Find and type “iconstreams”.

3. Delete all KEYS with the name “iconstreams” and “pasticonstreams” until they can’t be found in the registry.

4. Close the registry editor.

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