If the Indicator is not there at all, then it might be a graphics card/drivers issue I am afraid.
No reason to change, just either drop your drivers to an older version, or try the current ones. Also drop a line at the-area.com and ask there, maybe they can provide an answer.
The indicator is there always and can only be turned off by an API plug-in as far as I am aware.
Oh one last thing reset you maya profile in the My Documents folder by renaming it to mayax.x.old or something. Maya will generate a new one and see if that helps.
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