Reader Jim wrote in with this problem: “Somehow I’ve lost the icon for Internet Explorer in my Taskbar and can’t figure out how to restore it. Might sound dumb, but I’ve spent hours with no results.” ...

Reader Dennis has a laptop running Windows 7. He noticed recently that the System Tray icons for power and volume have gone missing, and he’s wondering how to get them back. For starters, I’d check to ...

The icon labeled “Safely Remove Hardware” has disappeared from the right side of my Taskbar. How can I get it back? The Safely Remove Hardware icon that crops up on the Taskbar is part of the plug-and ...