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Postby ~H*B*G~ » Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:31:32 GMT

I have always had volume contol at the bottom of my screen. I know it was there this morning, but it's not there now. the pc was shut down unexpectedly when the power went out this morning (we have a 30 minute thingamajiggy, but I was doped up on Nyquil and missed the whole event) How do I get it back?
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Re: stupid pc help

Postby jkmcelwain » Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:03:01 GMT

What O/S are you running? Windows - XP, Vista etc... APple?
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Re: stupid pc help

Postby cfg » Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:45:53 GMT

Best bet for bringing it back I would think would be to go to the control panel and look at the sound options.
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Re: stupid pc help

Postby ~H*B*G~ » Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:10:23 GMT

I went to sound in the control panel and I do not see an option for displaying the volume control.

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Re: stupid pc help

Postby ADH » Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:09:14 GMT

Are you talking about in the toolbar at the bottom right? Mine disappears sometimes too (like right now).

If you right click and choose properties under Notification Area there is a section called System icons. Volume is located under there; however, for some reason mine is grayed out and I can't click the checkmark.

I'll let you know if I figure it out.
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Re: stupid pc help

Postby ADH » Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:14:08 GMT

I read that if Volume is grayed out, try restarting your computer. Will try that in a bit and let you know.
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Re: stupid pc help

Postby ADH » Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:21:26 GMT

Ok, got it.

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

Start Task Manager

Under processes, End "explorer.exe"

Then go to File, New Task and type in explorer.exe to restart it.
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Re: stupid pc help

Postby ~H*B*G~ » Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:50:15 GMT

thanks ADH, I just did the rightclick on the "toolbar" left click properties, checked the box...worked like a charm!
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Re: stupid pc help

Postby ADH » Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:22:00 GMT

Glad your solution was simpler than mine! :)
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