BleepingComputer.com: volume bars gone

Not a big problem, just curious. I no longer get the volume bars on the bottom of my monitor when raising or lowering the volume..
This is on an acer laptop, using the ( fn + up or down arrows). I've tried looking in audio settings, display, computer settings. Cant find any thing that control these level bars.. Any ideas??

Hello Linked_up,

I found a post that mentions using Launch Manager on the Acer to correct your problem. http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-48679-green-volume-control-bar-is-missing

Arrow down to (+19), (+13), and (+12).

I hope it's of some help.

Did you try Control Panel \ Sounds and Audio Devices and put in a tick for Place Volume icon in the Taskbar? In the past, if mine doesn't display for some reason, I remove the tick mark, restart the computer and put in the tick mark and Apply. Maybe this would work for you?

This post has been edited by TulsaRose: 08 September 2011 - 07:14 AM

Thanks for the info. The problem was in the launch mgr. program.. In an attempt to speed up my startup time, I disabled a few programs in start-up menu ( msconfig ).. When I went back to normal start-up, volume bars were back. But start-up slowed down sum.. I guess it's a give - take situation...

While "MSConfig" is useful for diagnosing start-up problems, it should not be run permanently in limited start-up mode.

You are much better off using a program such as Autoruns to control your start-up programs. Just "uncheck" the item that you don't want to start automatically. Change your mind later, just "check" it again.