Vista: Clock, Network, Volume, Power — Display or Hide from System Tray
Contributed by Hack_Vista 
Tagged: Microsoft Vista The clock, the current volume, the network status, and the power plan all can be displayed or hidden in Vista’s system tray. Here are the steps to do it.
I like all of these notifications enabled in my system tray; however, many people hate them. Certainly, many people will have a reason to hide some of them. For example, if you are not using a laptop, then it is silly to have the power plan displayed.
Here is how to show or hide these notifications in Vista:
1. Click on a blank area of the taskbar or the start orb
2. Select Properties
3. Select the Notification Area tab
4. Under system icons, select the ones you want to be displayed.
5. Then click OK
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ogede said on October 6, 2008
I have the same problem and in my case, the box for network and volume are inactive. What do I do.
ifnotnowwhen said on November 17, 2008
what if the options are greyed out?
shabarank said on March 4, 2009
then it probably gryed out for a reason..i’m not quite sure the reason but it happened to me too
shabarank said on March 4, 2009
This was really helpfull… thanks pal
Anonymous said on April 29, 2009
That was easy! No matter what registry hacks I try, I cannot get my clock to sync with the Internet time servers regularly, and so it’s always wrong – turned it off – nice!
raphy said on July 9, 2009
myvolume, clock and battery info in the system tray keeps disappearing. how can i prevent this? btw, im using windows vista home premium…
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