Windows 7: This notification icon is currently not active

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Published on 2011-01-20T16:29:15Z Indexed on 2012/03/30 23:33 UTC
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Some time this week, without any major change done to one of my x64 Windows 7 computers, the Media eject icon goes missing in the systray taskbar area. When I attempt to reset the notification settings, i see this "This notification icon is currently not active" info warning alt text

Initially KB945011 managed to restore the icon after a reboot. But now it appears to have disappeared again. It seems to have disappeared (cannot really confirm) after I unlock the physical logon session (which was previously rerouted to a virtual Remote Desktop session).

Anybody have knowledge on possible causes to this missing behaviour?

UPDATE 1 Feb 11

It seems that happens often when I remote desktop to the computer, I see it from the remote screen, but when i unlock the screen physically, it disappears. It would reappear when I connect to remote desktop again. Hmmmmm.

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