Video icon replaced by telephone if a Target Disk is connected?

At the moment I have an iSight and an iMac DV connected to my iMac, the iMac DV in Target Disk mode. Prior to connecting the iMac DV, the icon between my Name and my avatar was the video one. Presently, it is the telephone and additionally, it appears a little strange. It looks as though there are three green rectangles stacked on top of each other, slightly down and to the right of the one on the bottom. Does the video part of the iSight not work if another computer is connected as a target disk?

Hi Christopher,
I somehow missed that.
Look at this FAQ http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=122021 and running the Cron scripts as this will get your Stacked iCon back
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