notification area battery level icon gone into past items

[joansfella]

My netbook which is running Xp (of course) had got the battery icon from the notification area into the past items ,how do i get it back so that i can see at a glance what my remaining battery level is please?

[kimsland]

Not sure if this is what you mean:

Taskbar and Start Menu Properties

Start > Run > "rundll32.exe" shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 1

You will see the following Window:

(Click to Maximize)

De-select "Hide inactive icons"

Apply > OK

[Jonny Wright]

Past items? If you mean it gets hidden after a while, right click the taskbar, properties, notification area, customize and from there you can ask for it to be shown always.