Some Windows XP installations show a peculiar defect in that some systray icons disappear or, rather, do not appear, when the system is booted and the user logs on.
The application is even more prevalent on systems with autologon. The most frequently affected icons seem to be the speaker icon (sound volume) and the power/energy icon. This has nothing to do with the hide inactive icons settings. The defect shows up wh
The causes are obscure. Some users report successes with various changes that influence the boot and logon timing, but these changes do not reliably solve the problem.
Often they make the problem occur less often though and make it bearable. TrayIconsOK! is a utility that completely solves this problem by delaying desktop loading on XP during startup.
Limitations:
· nag screen