Battery in gray on my computer icon portable gateway nv52.

Recently, I turned on my laptop after it is turned off for a long period of time and the battery icon is not only dimmed and impossible to reactivate, but I have no idea how it happened in itself because I made NO CHANGES at all.  How can I fix it!  It's boring!

Hello

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community forums.

I suggest you to follow the article provided to solve the problem.

System icons do not appear in the notification area in Windows Vista or Windows 7, you must restart the computer

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/945011

To do: Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/)

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

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