Anyone any idea why the Epson status monitor icon (the printer icon) in the
taskbar tray regularly--indeed mostly--fails to appear after a warm or cold
reboot?
I can get it to appear by right-clicking on the R220's icon in the 'Printers
and faxes' "folder", and choosing Printing Preferences > Maintenance > Speed
and Progress > Monitoring Preferences--where the 'Shortcut icon' check box
*is* already checked, unchecking and then rechecking it, and clicking OK ...
but the chances are the icon will go missing again next time I boot or
reboot the PC.
Epson (UK) Support appear not to be familiar with this problem; I've
followed their horribly complex uninstall/reinstall instructions, to no
avail. I've also tried, again at their suggestion, disabling other autorun
programs to see whether there's a conflict, but again no joy. [Note: I
didn't trying disabling the autorunning of AVGtray; I'm sure they'd know if
the Epson S3 status monitor conflicted with such a popular antivirus
program.]
Anyone come across this? It's dead frustrating, not because I want their
'low ink' warnings (I don't; they're lying and trying to scare me into
buying their grossly overpriced ink) but because it's the quick route to
checking whether Windows is talking to the printer OK, and a right-click on
the icon gives direct access to various Epson printer utilities (such as
head alignment).
Peter Boulding wrote:
> Epson Stylus Photo R220; XP Home SP3
>
> Anyone any idea why the Epson status monitor icon (the printer icon) in the
> taskbar tray regularly--indeed mostly--fails to appear after a warm or cold
> reboot?
>
> I can get it to appear by right-clicking on the R220's icon in the 'Printers
> and faxes' "folder", and choosing Printing Preferences > Maintenance > Speed
> and Progress > Monitoring Preferences--where the 'Shortcut icon' check box
> *is* already checked, unchecking and then rechecking it, and clicking OK ...
> but the chances are the icon will go missing again next time I boot or
> reboot the PC.
>
> Epson (UK) Support appear not to be familiar with this problem; I've
> followed their horribly complex uninstall/reinstall instructions, to no
> avail. I've also tried, again at their suggestion, disabling other autorun
> programs to see whether there's a conflict, but again no joy. [Note: I
> didn't trying disabling the autorunning of AVGtray; I'm sure they'd know if
> the Epson S3 status monitor conflicted with such a popular antivirus
> program.]
>
> Anyone come across this? It's dead frustrating, not because I want their
> 'low ink' warnings (I don't; they're lying and trying to scare me into
> buying their grossly overpriced ink) but because it's the quick route to
> checking whether Windows is talking to the printer OK, and a right-click on
> the icon gives direct access to various Epson printer utilities (such as
> head alignment).
>
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:18:13 -0700, Arthur Entlich <e-printerhelp@mvps.org>
wrote in <uirlm.117569$rg4.41229@newsfe02.iad>:
>I was going to suggest an uninstall and reinstall, but it sounds like
>you tried that and it wasn't successful, so...
>
>It would appear something is conflicting, perhaps another (recently
>loaded) taskbar item?
Thanks for your concern, but as I said earlier--
>>I've also tried, again at their suggestion, disabling other autorun
>>programs to see whether there's a conflict, but again no joy. [Note: I
>>didn't trying disabling the autorunning of AVGtray; I'm sure they'd know if
>>the Epson S3 status monitor conflicted with such a popular antivirus
>>program.]
> . [Note: I
> >>didn't trying disabling the autorunning of AVGtray; I'm sure they'd know
> >>if
> >>the Epson S3 status monitor conflicted with such a popular antivirus
> >>program.]
You could disconnect from the internet, network connections disable,
unplug ethernet, or turn off wireless at router, or switch off router.
Then you can turn off AVG.
But as you say it is unlikely to be AVG.
More likely a ******* up registry entry that has not been
corrected by the uninstall/reinstall. This is a known problem
with some software, just met it myself with Kaspersky KAV
and Outpost firewall. Agnitum post the cure, run their cleaner,
delete system hidden files, hack the registry, to sort the
problem. Now Outpost Firewall runs fine in
compatability mode.
Why, oh why, can't programmers use InstallShield
correctly to completely remove all traces of programs?
Adobe Creative Studio is the same, remove, and it can
be a pain in the butt to reinstall. Adobe post
lengthy instructions how to fix it.
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:32:44 +0100, Peter Boulding
<pjbnews1@UNSPAMpboulding.co.uk> wrote in
<3q7895hsqcieor8qm7ld0sodq0p4nk23qc@4ax.com>:
>Epson Stylus Photo R220; XP Home SP3
>
>Anyone any idea why the Epson status monitor icon (the printer icon) in the
>taskbar tray regularly--indeed mostly--fails to appear after a warm or cold
>reboot?
>
>I can get it to appear by right-clicking on the R220's icon in the 'Printers
>and faxes' "folder", and choosing Printing Preferences > Maintenance > Speed
>and Progress > Monitoring Preferences--where the 'Shortcut icon' check box
>*is* already checked, unchecking and then rechecking it, and clicking OK ...
>but the chances are the icon will go missing again next time I boot or
>reboot the PC.
>
>Epson (UK) Support appear not to be familiar with this problem; I've
>followed their horribly complex uninstall/reinstall instructions, to no
>avail. I've also tried, again at their suggestion, disabling other autorun
>programs to see whether there's a conflict, but again no joy. [Note: I
>didn't trying disabling the autorunning of AVGtray; I'm sure they'd know if
>the Epson S3 status monitor conflicted with such a popular antivirus
>program.]
>
>Anyone come across this? It's dead frustrating, not because I want their
>'low ink' warnings (I don't; they're lying and trying to scare me into
>buying their grossly overpriced ink) but because it's the quick route to
>checking whether Windows is talking to the printer OK, and a right-click on
>the icon gives direct access to various Epson printer utilities (such as
>head alignment).
Belated update--in case anyone else suffering the same problem comes across
this thread...
It would appear that AVG 8-point-something-and-up *was* the culprit. I
recently downloaded and installed AVG9 [1] and, since then, the problem
seems to have vanished.
[1] Warning: do a custom install of AVG 9 Free, and steer clear of the stuff
you don't want or recognise; a default install now includes what many would
describe as malware...
Epson status monitor icon goes AWOL 
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