connect icon dissappears

[kw7w]

Just recently, and I have made no changes to my software or hardware, the connect icon (two monitors) just dissappears from the task bar. When this happens, I am unable to disconnect from the internet, even though I close IE6. What am I doing wrong, and is there a fix for it?
Thanks ....Ron

 

[Del]

What operating system are you using?
Is it there when you first connect then disappears later?
If you reboot is all well again for awhile?

If you have a partial system crash the icons can go away, even thou you are still online. You system should crash that much though.

 

[kw7w]

I am using Windows ME. It appears at the outset when I first connect, but then will disappear. This is intermittent, and not every time I am connected to the net. My system has not crashed for some time now, lucky I guess.

 

[Del]

When this happens, it's not like a complete crash, but a minor one. I've had it happen to me before on two different computers. Not often but it's a minor crash that affects the activity tray where the icon is.
You can always hit Ctrl, Alt, Delete one time and end task on your connection to disconnect.

 

[kw7w]

Thanks Del, I really appreciate your help. Will try to do as you say, and go from there. Thanks again for all your help.
ron

 

[Del]

Thanks Ron,
Have a great day.