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It appears as though nobody has found a definite answer to this so I'll post mine.

I have an Acer Aspire 3500, lost my green screen indicators as well...and for no apparent reason. Nothing major, but annoying.

The trick that worked for me is to Download and re-install Acer's Launch Manager from the Acer Downloads site. As soon as I rebooted everything was back to normal.

Fn UP and DN --- and my green volume bar zips across the screen.

Good Luck All.

Thanks Gary. I'll try that. I gave up and downloaded an add-in for my volume indicator, but it's not as nice and neat.

Hi! I have found a solution for you.

Launch Manager utility from Acer must be installed.
You need to edit registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Compal\LManager\Settings\TaskBar Icon
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Compal\LManager\Settings\TaskBar Icon in 64-bit version
Change "Support OnScreenDisplay MenuItem" 0 to 1

This will give access to new right-click menu on Launch Manager icon in task bar =)

Also you can change "Show All Volume OSD" at Compal\LManager\Settings as well as nearly all messages, colors etc

Have a good day =)

Oh, and in previous versions of Launch Manager its
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Quanta\QtZgAcer\Settings,

there is a "Show Volume OSD By Key Pressed", and it should be 1...
https://www.notebookforums.com/thread196191.html

Well, here's a long overdue update precipitated by my need to use this laptop with a projector in order to train on the installation and use of HUD.

Long story short - it was the Launch Manager as Gary said. There was no need to adjust the registry once the Launch Manager was simply installed again. I'm not sure where it went or what happened with that, but in the end it was a painless fix.

Thanks to all who looked into this for me!