Vista Sidebar Problem - closing gadgets locks up computer

I have an Inspiron 9400 running vista premium OS, and recently found
that multiple calendar gadgets (darn kids!) had been created in the
sidebar. When I try to close any of them, the PC locks up, and nothing
responds, so I have to close via the power button. Also, the weather
gadget now defaults to Redmond, WA, and won't allow me to edit (how
sinister is THAT?). The sidebar gadgets all used to work fine. Anyone
experience anything like this? I'd like to uninstall and re-install the
package, but the process is so different from XP, I haven't yet decided
to cross that bridge. The kb searching I've done thus far hasn't
yielded anything useful. Appreciate any insights.


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inspiron9400

Figured it out - there were multiple instances of calendar gadgets -
about 40 of them (!), which had to be individually detached from the
sidebar beginning with the oldest, then deleted (closed). Crazy!


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inspiron9400

I am having the same problem except that it is the weather gadget that was
put on over and over. I have tried to individually uninstall each one from
earliest to oldest and oldest to newest but everytime it freezes and I do
have to shut down. Now the minute I click on the sidebar it freezes the
whole computer, so I cant just shut down the gadgets either. Any
suggestions?


"inspiron9400" wrote:

>
> Figured it out - there were multiple instances of calendar gadgets -
> about 40 of them (!), which had to be individually detached from the
> sidebar beginning with the oldest, then deleted (closed). Crazy!
>
>
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> inspiron9400
>

Hi, i have suffered this problem as well now, there are more than twenty
clocks and clanders...... Have you got it solved?

"dell-e521" wrote:

> I am having the same problem except that it is the weather gadget that was
> put on over and over. I have tried to individually uninstall each one from
> earliest to oldest and oldest to newest but everytime it freezes and I do
> have to shut down. Now the minute I click on the sidebar it freezes the
> whole computer, so I cant just shut down the gadgets either. Any
> suggestions?
>
>
> "inspiron9400" wrote:
>
> >
> > Figured it out - there were multiple instances of calendar gadgets -
> > about 40 of them (!), which had to be individually detached from the
> > sidebar beginning with the oldest, then deleted (closed). Crazy!
> >
> >
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> > inspiron9400
> >