Can't get volume icon to stay in task bar

"Paul" wrote:

> Are your sound drivers loaded correctly.....
>
> IE no exclamation mark next to the sound driver in device manager......
>
> "wpsnts" <wpsnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:68F81B32-A51E-4C63-AA14-4AD9D24C3499@microsoft.com...

> >I can't get the volume icon to stay in the task bar. It used to be there
> >but
> > when I reformatted my hard drive it went away. I have checked the box
> > "Place
> > volume icon in the taskbar". Everytime I reboot the icon disapears.
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> > Dave

>
>
>

Paul,
Thank you for your response.
The drivers are loaded properly. No exclamation marks. I can play music and
sounds of all sorts.

Dave

Are you running Norton systermworks 2005, I have this problem on one
machine, when I turn off turn volume control comes back. But this has only
happened on this machine have not seen it on any other machine.

"wpsnts" <wpsnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:68F81B32-A51E-4C63-AA14-4AD9D24C3499@microsoft.com...

>I can't get the volume icon to stay in the task bar. It used to be there
>but
> when I reformatted my hard drive it went away. I have checked the box
> "Place
> volume icon in the taskbar". Everytime I reboot the icon disapears.
>
> Can anyone help?
> Dave

JoeM,

No I'm not. The only Norton product I was using is Antivirus 2004. I dumped
it in favor of Panda Titanium Antivirus 2005. Perhaps I need to uninstall it
and see if it has any effect.

Dave

Backup, image your machine before you try anything major.

"wpsnts" <wpsnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:60C74058-C07C-4F7C-8B2C-705FB6C1336E@microsoft.com...

> JoeM,
>
> No I'm not. The only Norton product I was using is Antivirus 2004. I
> dumped
> it in favor of Panda Titanium Antivirus 2005. Perhaps I need to uninstall
> it
> and see if it has any effect.
>
> Dave
>
>

Nothing has worked. Any other ideas?

Dave

What programs are you running. Did your sound card come with software, did
you install it?
There is some software that use their own volume control, and they sometime
try to shut off the windows volume control.

"wpsnts" <wpsnts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Nothing has worked. Any other ideas?
>
> Dave
>
>
>

wpsnts wrote:

> Nothing has worked. Any other ideas?
>
> Dave

Have you read these?

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;245692

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;319095


You didn't mention getting any error messages, but since I was there, I
thought I would send that last one along anyway.

And this from the MSDN library just FYI:

SysTray and SndVol32
[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The SndVol32 program (sndvol32.exe) controls both the volume settings for
various sound sources (such as wave, CD, and synthesizer) and the master
volume setting. The SndVol32 program is represented as a speaker icon that
appears in the system-tray notification area the taskbar, which appears in
the bottom-right corner of the Windows screen by default.

The SysTray program (systray.exe) is responsible for displaying the speaker
icon when it is turned on and for hiding the speaker icon when it is turned
off. In Windows XP, the speaker icon is hidden by default. In all other
Windows versions, including Windows XP SP1, the speaker icon is visible by
default.

In Windows XP, follow these steps to display the speaker icon on the taskbar:

1. In Control Panel, click the Sounds and Audio Devices icon (or simply
run mmsys.cpl).
2. On the Volume tab, select the Place volume icon in the taskbar check box.

If your sound card's volume level can be changed under software control, a
speaker icon appears on the taskbar. You can change the master-volume
setting by single-clicking on that icon and adjusting the volume slider.

At logon time, SysTray queries the audio driver for a mixer line with a
MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_SPEAKERS (speaker destination) or
MIXERLINE_COMPONENTTYPE_DST_HEADPHONES (headphone destination) component
type to determine whether the speaker icon should be displayed. If neither
of these component types is found, SysTray does not display the speaker
icon. If it does find the line, it queries the line to determine whether it
contains a mute control. SysTray completes its logon-time mixer-line
processing by internally storing the line ID and mute control ID for future
reference.


Good luck! Hope you find the answer soon.
bj