MISSING TASKBAR ICONS

For some unknown reason, all taskbar icons except time/date have vanished from my Toshiba T115D-S1120 Satellite. They aren't hidden, they are GONE! They are grayed out on the show/hide page. I installed a couple of gadgets from the ones Win 7 Pro 64 comes with, but nothing else. I'm stumped. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide. Jim

OK, this is getting really strange! I created a new user and now have most of the icons in that account only. I now have the volume, battery and network icons in the taskbar where I want them. However, the Safely Remove Hardware (USB) icon and a few others are not in the hidden icon drop down. Obviously, I need the USB one and would like at least access to the others. Any idea where I might find them?
Also, when I tried a system restore I only had one restore point a few days ago. I tried it, but it didn't take me back to before the icons disappeared. No idea where all the other restore points went. I have auto updates turned off, but I have updated the computer several times. As I understand it, each time I run updates, the computer should create a restore point. I just checked, and MS has 13 updates they want me to install. The notification wasn't on the other two users (me and guest) because there was no icon in the taskbar. Problem is, I'm afraid to download/install the updates without a restore point first.
As I said; strange...

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