[rbscooby]

when i log onto my laptop, with xp proffesional. i find that sometimes my power icons dont come up along with things like norton ghost, SIS utilty tray, and sound effects.

can anybody help me to find out why this happens, it annoys me greatly and its annoying not knowing how much battery you have left.

Xp pro
2.00Ghz Celeron
512mb RAM

[serverguy]

Are you holding Shift down? That can bypass the startup programs.

[Dave Hybrid]

Also are they being hidden, click the little arrow to reveal all the icons.

[rbscooby]

no im not holding anything, its just sometimes not all the time, i know they have started up they just dont appear in the tray?

i ound a tool that i was using on another computer to fix omething ele i jut dont know what it was!

[kanoakavirus]

You should try some comp cleaners like ccleaner or tune up 08

[serverguy]

It could be spyware. If you haven't fixed it:

Go to the <Link hidden. Register for free to see this link!>

Do everything in the first post in <Link hidden. Register for free to see this link!> post.

Then start a new thread in that forum and post the Hijack This log you created.

Someone will look over it and suggest a course of action.

[evilfantasy]

Is this the same computer as <Link hidden. Register for free to see this link!>

EDIT: Nope different specs. If you use it for the same things as the other one you need to do as Serverguy suggested and go post a Hijackthis log.

Either Serverguy or I will then have a look at it.

[rbscooby]

no its not the same computer, i knew should of posted specs for a reason, no its not spyware, i read its something to do with xp prof and something to do with logging on, cant remember but i read it on this website, will try the cleaning things, thanks for the other item though EvilFantasy

[thingie2]

have you got the laptop plugged in when it doesn't come up? try the following steps:
1. go to start > control pannel
2. ensuring the control pannel is in classic view (link on the left pannel) double click "power options"
3. click the advanced tab
4. ensure the "always show icon on the taskbar" is ticked

If it isn't ticked, that could be your problem.
If it is ticked, I don't know what the problem is.

[rbscooby]

yes checked that option before, i have read it somewhere but cant remember where, its a tool, and it can help your start bar reappear if its not there, and it does loads of other things.

[rbscooby]

please can someone help me, usaully i put the laptop into hibernation, that way it stays with all the icons ready and there, plus its quicker, but sometimes i do have to restart, or log off, if i wait tell my HDD lights stops blinking then i log on and its fine, if i dont wait it dosent load up all the icons, like the power icons and the the SIS utilty tray.

ive checked that none of these icons are hidden and also clicked the arrow, i am good with working with computers just dont understand all the problems sometimes

[serverguy]

OK.

Please run the System File Checker first to see if its something to do with Windows.

Go to Start - Run

Type in sfc /scannow and click OK

If it asks for you Windows Disk insert it and follow onscreen instructions.

Say if it finds anything in.

It could also be something to do with the hard disk.. it could be failing. It might be worth running a test on it to check it is good.

Otherwise I still think this is malware. See what the System File Checker finds and we can go from there.

[serverguy]

One other thing I can suggest at this point is to try a system restore. That should fix it if you chose one before the problem started.

[rbscooby]

no i have always had this problem, well not so much of a problem just the having to wait part

[serverguy]

Have you run the SFC?