Re: missing network traffic monitor icon

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Right click on "My Network Places" and choose properties
Right click on the network connection you want to show and choose properties

At the bottom of the property page, you will find a checkbox called "Show
icon in taskbar when connected", ensure this is checked

Close all property pages by clicking the OK button, and your icon should
appear

HTH
_Edwin.


"tedoniman" <tedoniman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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16-Sep-06 / No Network traffic monitor icon

How can I get the Network traffic monitor icon back in system tray?

After the HD went south, repartitioned/reformated re-installed Win XP Pro
SP2
and tried restore some of my old settings. Things back to reasonable state
now
except I found RAM went bad too - down from 224 to 97 MB. Win XP and 3
memory testers report RAM "OK" but left only 95 - 97 MB. Buy new when can.

All works OK - except a bit slow and hanging some time in email or when
multi-
tasking or too many windows open. Response to left or right mouse-clicks,
usually
slow. Do have a lot of files in 2 of 3 partitions (only 40 GB HD, tho').


It's not the classic case of icons disappearing from sys tray /
notification
area. It's just this one. Sometimes it's there, sometimes not. Where does
it
come from, anyway? What has to be set up to show it for sure? It's not in
right-
click taskbar\properties\Hide...\Customize either.

I used the network wizard couple, 3 times already. There's a small
(8-port)
hub
downstairs I connect to. That goes to a small 1 or 2-port router to the
line.
Internet & Network access OK, as before.

Anyone have this problem before? I feel blind w/o that flashing monitors
icon.
Is there an alternative way to monitor, w/ min resources?

Appreciate any advice.

Ted... :(


Below is a similar query from Louise:
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"louise898" wrote:

Hi there!

Last night I installed the most recently downloaded Windows XP updates
and
since then, every time I connect to the internet the flashing 'dial-up
connection status' icon is missing from my taskbar... If I go to my
Network
connections, it says 'disconnected', even though I am clearly connected
to
the internet (emails download and I can surf the web). If I chose to
'refresh' the Network connections folder the icon suddenly appears and
the
status changes to 'connected'.

Does anyone know why this happened and how to fix it? I have checked
and
the box inside network properties saying 'show icon in notification area
when
connected' IS ticked. As I say this started after running XP updates...
I
use broadband, but have several older dial-up connections still saved on
my
computer and the same thing is happening with all of them. I also
reinstalled my broadband connection but the new installion is doing the
same
thing.

Any help/comments gratefully received!

Louise




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