battery life and volume control not appearing on menu bar

Hi. I'm at a lost here and I thought maybe you guys could help. The battery icon and volume control that appear at the bottom right does not appear.
To make matters worse, I go into the icon options and am unable to switch them on
http://s22.postimg.org/92fwxibo1/power_icon_2.png
here it tells me they're already on so I'm unsure what to do here. Plus it doesn't show their icons.
View image: power icon 3
Normally when this happens I just shut it down or restart and it's back to normal but it's not happening this time. How can I fix this or at least find another way to see my battery life and volume control? Can anyone help?

Here is an easy-to-follow, helpful tutorial regarding the very problem you are describing: How to Enable or Disable System Icons on Taskbar in Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Enjoy!

As I waited for an answer I started worrying it could've been some malware my scanners couldn't pick up so I ended up doing a system restore to fix this. But I will keep your instructions on hand in case this happens again. Thank You. But I'm unsure I understand step one. I never heard of a local group policy editor.

Dragonrider1227, if you are running Home Premium, you do not have the Group Policy Editor. That is in Pro and Enterprise versions.

Dragonrider1227 said:

But I'm unsure I understand step one. I never heard of a local group policy editor.

If this happens again, you should scroll down to option two and use the reg files.

No, I'm pretty sure mine his a home version and not pro or enterprise.

Thanks. I'll try option 2 next time.