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Stardock has released ObjectDock 1.9. ObjectDock is a free program that adds a configurable, skinnable dock to Windows. Once installed, users can add short-cuts, display running tasks, and add mini-applets called docklets to their docks that can display weather information, time, system info, or much anything else.

ObjectDock 1.9 adds a host of new features including a Start menu docklet (for bringing up the real Start menu in the system tray), live thumbnail previews on Windows Vista, a new weather docklet, minimize and restore effects on Windows Vista, free-form screen positioning, a new graphics engine for massively better performance, reduce memory requirements, new tileable dock backgrounds, and much more.

Hello there,

I'm having a problem with the gadgets on my sidebar, specifically the ones that require some sort of network connectivity. RSS feeds don't update, Internet radios won't connect, weather gadgets don't download new weather conditions, etc. The gadgets that don't connect to the Internet work just fine. I ran across a thread on another forum suggesting that people that upgraded from one version of vista to another were having this problem but didn't give a solution. Anyone have any ideas? I have tried closing the sidebar and then reopening and removing the gadget and then adding them back but no joy.