Battery Status Icon missing in systray

[David]

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I noticed last night, when my laptop suddenly dropped dead from no
battery power, that the battery status icon is missing from the system
tray. How do I put it back? I'm running Win98SE with the latest 'n
greatest updates from Microsoft.

Thanks,
David

 

[Guest]

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That program isn't MS, I don't think. It's proprietary from the maker of
the laptop. You're going to have to find out where the settings for that
are and re-set the "Icon in Tray" item. You'll probably find it in
Control Panel.

One thing to check first---have you used MSCONFIG to disable any items
from the Startup processes? If so, perhaps you simply disabled the
battery monitor there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
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"David" <david.henderson@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I noticed last night, when my laptop suddenly dropped dead from no
> battery power, that the battery status icon is missing from the system
> tray. How do I put it back? I'm running Win98SE with the latest 'n
> greatest updates from Microsoft.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>

 

[Guest]

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Start> Settings> Control panel> Power Management> Advanced tab:
put a check in the box to 'show the icon on the taskbar', and click OK.
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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
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"David" <david.henderson@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1121128674.901247.228170@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> I noticed last night, when my laptop suddenly dropped dead from no
> battery power, that the battery status icon is missing from the system
> tray. How do I put it back? I'm running Win98SE with the latest 'n
> greatest updates from Microsoft.
>
> Thanks,
> David
>

 

[Guest]

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Really? That also handles battery monitoring? (As you can tell, I don't
work on many laptops, <s>.)

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Start> Settings> Control panel> Power Management> Advanced tab:
> put a check in the box to 'show the icon on the taskbar', and click
> OK.
> --
> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "David" <david.henderson@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:1121128674.901247.228170@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> I noticed last night, when my laptop suddenly dropped dead from no
>> battery power, that the battery status icon is missing from the
>> system
>> tray. How do I put it back? I'm running Win98SE with the latest 'n
>> greatest updates from Microsoft.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David
>>
>

 

[Guest]

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Well, it did on all Win95 since the Gold version, and the control panel applet is
basically the same in 98, so I would assume so....don't have any Win98 laptops
around. AFAIR, WinXP does the same.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Really? That also handles battery monitoring? (As you can tell, I don't
> work on many laptops, <s>.)
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:u99p05nhFHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Start> Settings> Control panel> Power Management> Advanced tab:
> > put a check in the box to 'show the icon on the taskbar', and click
> > OK.
> > --
> > Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
> > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >
> >
> > "David" <david.henderson@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:1121128674.901247.228170@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> >> I noticed last night, when my laptop suddenly dropped dead from no
> >> battery power, that the battery status icon is missing from the
> >> system
> >> tray. How do I put it back? I'm running Win98SE with the latest 'n
> >> greatest updates from Microsoft.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> David
> >>
> >
>

 

[Guest]

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Yes it does. Yet as you mentioned, the manufacturer may install there own PM
util. If they do and you try to open either Power Options or Display > Screen
Saver > Power, a popup should display directing you to use the manufacturers
installed utility which should also be located in Control Panel.

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Brian A. Sesko
{ MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
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"Gary S. Terhune" <grystnews@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23fPewAohFHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Really? That also handles battery monitoring? (As you can tell, I don't work
> on many laptops, <s>.)
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS MVP Shell/User
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
> http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
>
> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:u99p05nhFHA.3316@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Start> Settings> Control panel> Power Management> Advanced tab:
>> put a check in the box to 'show the icon on the taskbar', and click OK.
>> --
>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "David" <david.henderson@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:1121128674.901247.228170@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>>> I noticed last night, when my laptop suddenly dropped dead from no
>>> battery power, that the battery status icon is missing from the system
>>> tray. How do I put it back? I'm running Win98SE with the latest 'n
>>> greatest updates from Microsoft.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>>
>>
>

 

[Guest]

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Got ya. Makes all kinds of sense. Now that you detail it, I can vaguely
recall that stuff appearing in PM on a few systems I've seen.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"Brian A." <gonefish'n@afarawaylake> wrote in message
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> Yes it does. Yet as you mentioned, the manufacturer may install there
> own PM util. If they do and you try to open either Power Options or
> Display > Screen Saver > Power, a popup should display directing you
> to use the manufacturers installed utility which should also be
> located in Control Panel.