Normally you can re-enable the items by right-clicking on the Taskbar, choosing properties and going to the Notification Area tab:But they are grayed out what’s up with that?Note: I’m assuming you already did the normal Windows fix-it technique of rebooting, and the problem still exists.Fix for Notification Icons are Missing and Checkboxes are Grayed OutYou can solve all of these problems by looking in two separate places in the registry, and then deleting a bunch of keys in each location.