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How to enable the speaker icon to appear in the Notification Area or Systray next to the time.

1. Right-click on a blank area of the Taskbar and choose Properties.

2. Click the Notification Area tab.

3. Under System Icons, put a check in the box for Volume and click OK.

5 Responses to “Vista: Enable Speaker Icon in Notification Area”

  1. SAM says:

    FROM ALL THE PC GODS AND GURUS YOU ARE THE SUPERIOR ONE
    for helping me restore thespeaker volume on the taskbar.
    Purely simple and great tips for all.
    thanks

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  4. dej says:

    Thanks a lot. I don’t like to have a speaker icon because I already have icon from sound card. Good tips.

  5. John says:

    Thank you very much for a very simple fix for what I thought was going to be a big problem to correct. Your solution to no speaker icon on my compputer was easy.

    John

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