I recently installed Norton anti-virus after scanning the entire system, the power, volume and network icons disappeared from the notification area of the task bar . I tried to restore them through properties in the task bar but it seems they are all in active Please how do I restore these icons?

This is a link about how to customize the Windows Vista notification area. If this does not help, you can proceed by a restoring your system state using a restore point that dates before the appearance of your problem. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.

i thnk norton quarantined/deleted some system files hat were meant for the notification area functionality. try to check the quarantined files area, and restore those core files.if they'r not in quarantine, got o command prompt, type "sfc /scannow", ypu'l be prompted for your windows CD/DVDTunde Abagun MCP,MCSA,MCTS,MCITP en p "for the love of Computers"