Having issue with mute/unmute of laptop

[jkcollins_501]

After a reboot, I can click on the speaker in the system tray and successfully mute/unmute my Lenovo X1 Carbon laptop running Windows 11 (up-to-date). After a day or two, clicking on the speaker in the system tray has NO affect on the mute/unmute status. At this point, I can right-click, open SOUND SETTINGS or VOLUME MIXER, and mute/unmute by clicking on the speaker in that window. I am also seeing this same phenomenon on the network and battery icons in the system tray. I cannot click on either to take action, but if I right-click and open NETWORK AND INTERNET SETTINGS or POWER AND SLEEP SETT

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