The windows toolbar does not open my wireless network at startup

Hello :)

When i turn on my laptop, the Windows toolbar does not always open/show the speaker and wireless network icon, when explorer.exe is opening (only about 50% of the time). This means i cannot connect to the internet, when this happens. When i go to the network options, the wireless network adapter says it is "not connected", and it is not possible to make it connect. The only solution i have found, is to restart the laptop, and hope explorer.exe opens the wireless network icon this time.

I do not think it is a driver problem, as it seems like it is the Windows toolbar that is bugging. It is like it "forgets" to open half of the icons.. I have been searching different forums, but i can't seem to find a solution :/

I have embeddeda screenshot of the icons that do not open at startup:

It sure sounds and acts like a driver issue from what you describe or at the very least a corrupted driver. I would make sure that I have the latest drivers installed for all your hardware and that you have all you MS updates as well.

As a secondary action, have you checked to see if there are any router software/firmware updates. You could also try resetting your router.

whs said:

When they do not open, are they maybe hidden behind this little arrow.

Hehe, the icons was not just hidden in that arrow :)

I realised i still needed about 60 updates. And it seems like the updates fixed the problem. I reinstalled windows some days ago, and thought i was done updating.. but i guess not

The problem was not driver-related or a router problem. The MS toolbar simply did not always open the program for the wifi adapter or the audio card, etc.

If the problem does not re-appear within the next few days, ill mark the thread as solved :)