Problems after "deselect everything except the SYSTRAY "

Sometimes programs are needed to be run on the background so your system works normaly.
I would start with checking AutoStart programs in msconfig until system works fine.(to find the programs which are necessary to be run on the background)
If system did not recover after enabling AutoStart programs, you need to reinstall valume control and modem.:
Open
Start > settings > Control Panel > Add/remove program > Tab windows programs
Double click Multimedia and uncheck Valume control > click ok
Now open Add/Remove program again > Multimedia > now select Valume Control > Click ok
You will be asked to insert windows 98 CD > do it and click ok. Now reboot.
To reinstall Modem:
Open Control panel > system > Device manager
Select modem (double click) and remove modem devices totaly.
click ok
Now Open control panel > modem > and install your modem again.
Good luck
Navid

One of the programs in startup has to be reenabled. From the names of the files you mention in your previous post:

Instant Access
Explorer USAccess
ScCenter
CreateCD
Comet
cpqeadm
bttnserv
hottray
directcd
sdstat
dllcmd32
devgulp
msmsgs
gwremind
alogserv
stimon
systray
starter
hidserv
ocrawr32
ocraware
cij3p2ps

i would suspect it is the
bttnserv or
starter

but i am not sure which one or even if it IS one of them, so it is trial and error. Enable one of them reboot and see if the hotkey works. If not disable the program again, enable one of the other, reboot again and check the hotkey again.

Continue untill you find the correct program and leave that program enabled.

Hope this helps
Tonny

It's probably a Compaq, so if above advice doesn't help, post the model and we can dig up the correct driver for the hotkeys. (which will reinstall the correct program in the systray)

It is a compact presario 7000 series

Have you tryed to enable AutoStart programs one by one yet to see if the problem gets solved?

Unfortunately the drivers for the presario series is not publicly available. Only fixes are avalable for direct download, and there is not any, that has anything to do with hotkeys, so it's back to enable/disable things in the startup group.

It is a compact presario 7000 series

I agree with pbessman, msconfig is a diagnostics tool, not a fix all. After using msconfig to troubleshoot, you can go back to it and recheck the progarams that are not the problem that you were originally working on

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