Notification Area icons do not load consistently

TechnoPro

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My client was describing how the icons on the system tray/notification area did not always appear the same. At first, I thought he meant that they were not in the same order left to right.

When I came onsite, I observed that sometimes, programs would simply not appear. The processes were indeed active, but no icons. And it changed after each boot. Sometimes normal, sometimes minimal icons showing.

Any ideas?
 

joanneL2

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Yet another POSSIBLE symptom of viruses or spyware. Is he/she running a good anti-virus software AND a good spyware detector??? I usually recommend Norton's AV (ABSOLUTELY NOT their internet security package--it has screwed up a bunch of computers) and PestPatrol if customer's can afford to purchase them. If not, the free route would be AVG (www.grisoft.com) and Spybot Search and Destroy.