Battery Status Icon missing in systray

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

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" 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

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
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"David" 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

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" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
oups.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

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" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
oups.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

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.

--

Brian A. Sesko
{ MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://basconotw.mvps.org/



"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
...
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" wrote in message
oups.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

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.