The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Anyone else have an abnormal gap next to their battery status

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Weapon X, Aug 24, 2007.

  1. Weapon X

    Weapon X Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    55
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    in the system tray? It's really annoying. It's on the left side and I keep thinking that there's some invisible icon there.
     
    Weapon X, Aug 24, 2007
    #1
  2. bmnotpls

    bmnotpls Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    126
    Messages:
    1,410
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Yeah, I don't know what it is.
     
    bmnotpls, Aug 24, 2007
    #2
  3. Chuckles

    Chuckles Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    40
    Messages:
    164
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yes. I concluded that it somehow tries to separate the 'core' or system icons (battery, network and sound) from the additional icons. But I don't know this for sure.
     
    Chuckles, Aug 24, 2007
    #3
  4. Cancer777

    Cancer777 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    16
    Messages:
    488
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    yep i think the same thing
     
    Cancer777, Aug 24, 2007
    #4
  5. Zetto

    Zetto Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    71
    Messages:
    771
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Yeah, sometimes I see gaps in the tray but they go away... I don't concern myself with this sort of stuff.
     
    Zetto, Aug 24, 2007
    #5
  6. chyeah

    chyeah Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    111
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30

    mine has it too and I think the reason is what chuckles mentioned.
     
    chyeah, Aug 24, 2007
    #6
  7. ATR90

    ATR90 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    31
    Messages:
    551
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yeah, it must be to differentiate the core system with extra software.
     
    ATR90, Aug 24, 2007
    #7
  8. byoo511

    byoo511 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    51
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    i'm assuming this is with vista. It is separated because the icons on the right are system icons and are always present (unless you turn them off).

    You can right click the taskbar, then properties -> notification area to turn off and on those icons.
     
    byoo511, Aug 24, 2007
    #8
  9. freefisheater

    freefisheater Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    44
    Messages:
    189
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    It's been widely reported (and despised), and it *IS* a known bug with the UI. They may try to fix that in SP1.
     
    freefisheater, Aug 25, 2007
    #9
  10. xScorp1on

    xScorp1on Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    53
    Messages:
    533
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I personally like how there's a gap... I'd keep it like that, being able to separate system icons from application icons.
     
    xScorp1on, Aug 25, 2007
    #10
  11. SoMuch2S@y

    SoMuch2S@y Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    151
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    wow you get annoyed pretty easily!
     
    SoMuch2S@y, Aug 25, 2007
    #11