Dock Indicator Lights Gone

Greetings. Ever since updating to 10.8.4 my Dock indicator lights no longer appear. I've searched discussions and tried the following, all to no avail:
Type "killall Dock" in Terminal. Icons are the default set, but no indicator lights appear
Apple > Dock > Preferences > toggle "Turn on/off indicator lights" still nothing
System > Core Services > Dock and tried restoring from Time Machine....still no Dock indicators appear
User > Library > Preferences > TRASH com.apple.dock.plist....nothing changed
Change from 3D to 2D Dock, in the hopes that they might appear....no luck
To note, I've used DockMod prior to updating to 10.8.4, but now there are no lights to be found anywhere. Might this 3rd party app be the culprit? If so, how to do I restore my indicator lights to factory settings?
Please help....THANKS!

joelsolomon.com wrote:
To note, I've used DockMod prior to updating to 10.8.4, but now there are no lights to be found anywhere. Might this 3rd party app be the culprit?
Probably, since my Dock indicator lights were unaffected by the update.
To uninstall DockMod you will have to consult its documentation, if it exists. The problem with such third-party system hacks is that they rarely survive OS X updates and often cause unanticipated, seemingly unrelated problems. Never install something without knowing how to uninstall it.

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