Hi Virgil, Have a look at the Freedom Scientific Knowledge Base article at http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/BulletinView.cfm?QC=829 It sounds to me as if you may have the option enabled to "Hide Inactive Icons" in the Task Bar and Start Menu properties. I'm assuming you're running Windows XP. I don't think earlier versions of Windows have this option. What you're describing sounds a lot like what the bulletin describes. Cheers, Jerry Virgil Cook <vcook@xxxxxx> To: "guispeak-LISTSERV.NAS.NET": ; Sent by: cc: guispeak@freelist Subject: [guispeak] Sygate Personal Firewall and the System Tray s.org 03/17/2005 10:17 AM Please respond to guispeak Lately, when I start up my computer, the Sygate Personal Firewall does not appear in the system tray. The only way to make it appear is to go to the start menu and open Sygate. On the tools menu, there is an option to hide Sygate from the system tray, but the option is unchecked. Consequently, I can't be sure whether the program is running. Also, Jaws sometimes does not appear in the tray, but otherwise, it seems to function normally. Does anybody have an idea what may be going on here? Thank you. Virgil A. Cook Associate Professor Emeritus of English Virginia Tech ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** guispeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq