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What gadgets do you use on the Windows Sidebar?

I have Memory Monitor, Battery Monitor, Calender & the Vista Forums gadget.

hi,i've had vista for a couple months now, and recently the sidebar has been changing whenever I start up my computer. It started gradually at first- a gadget moved up or down, nothing major, and it would often fix itself if I click on one of...

We recently purchased a PC with Vista pre-installed (and would really like to have XP again). Among the many problems that we are having is an issue with Vista's sidebar. For the account created during installation and set up, all is well. However, whenever we add a new user account, the sidebar gadgets never update properly. For instance, the RSS Feeds never update. The headlines and dates that were originally shown whenever first activating the gadget are still the only headlines shown. The weather also doesn't update properly, though it does change sometimes. It just seems to be quite a few hours behind, even after logging out and logging back in. This still occurs even after shutting down the gadget and then adding it again to the sidebar. It always shows information that is wrong and not updated. The other account's sidebar works fine. The RSS Feeds are constantly updated, and the weather is always correct. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Vista, but the results are still the same. The account created during installation works fine, while the other account doesn't.