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Volume and Network Icons are Missing from Tray and Grayed Out in Properties

Posted by  in Wednesday, August 31st 2011   
Topics: Vista    
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Even after rebooting I found that my volume and network icons were missing from the tray and grayed out in properties on my laptop with Windows Vista SP1. The solution was to end and restart explorer.exe. Right click over an empty space in the Task Bar and click Task Manager, or press CTRL+ALT+DEL to access […]

How to Search the Contents of Files in Windows Vista

Posted by  in Monday, November 15th 2010   
Topics: Vista    
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In Windows XP and earlier versions you have the option when using the search companion to search inside files: Unfortunately this process is different in Vista.  The search companion is gone.  Searching in Vista is done either on the Search Menu at the very bottom of the menu: Or you can search in Windows Explorer.  […]