Power/Battery icon disappears from tray

young_pensioner

We have a Compaq Presario 2100, which has started losing the power/battery icon from the tray!

Have tried checking the box in the advanced tab in power options. Sometimes it reappears, but then disappears again on reboot. grrrr... its driving me mad :mad:

Anyone any ideas please to put me out of my misery?

lightstorm_2

Is your mains supply connected to the laptop??If the Mains input jack to the laptop or mains supply becomes disconnected then the battery icon will appear as it will switch to the internal battery for power.

Aiadi

For me the volume icon and sometimes the battery (or power) icon disappear for no obvious reason whatsoever. I use a Medion Laptop but I guess this Windows and its mysterious ways.

young_pensioner

It happens whether we're running on battery or mains. Sometimes I can get it to reappear, but it still goes missing when I reboot!

young_pensioner

Thanks lightstorm and Aiadi for your interest.

I think the main offender is the battery icon. Have been doing all sorts of experiments with this. I have found that if you log off, then logg on again, the icons reappear! It's a bit of a fiddle, but at least it restores it. :j

heatherw_01

If you have XP, the icon might be hiding as XP hides inactive icons. There is an arrow which hides them.

steve_r123

I've done a quick rumage around and other complaints from this seem to direct towards this.... http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=283084

HOWEVER, this involves editing your registry and can properly mess up your computer! Only do it if you know what you are doing, or you dont really care about your computer......

young_pensioner

Hi Heather

You may have seen my latest post. You are right, I do have XP. I did check for that possibility. I don't know whether I love or hate computers!!

Thanks anyway

young_pensioner

Hi Steve

I am terrified of delving in the registry. Have had a look at the page you suggested, but don't think have the nerve to try it. I did download and run a program recommended on this site called TweakNow Regcleaner, but that is as far as I think I can go.

Thanks