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The Old Bloke
The side bar and gadgets diappear at every reboot and need to be reset
again. Any help?
Regards
Doug
again. Any help?
Regards
Doug
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Richard Urban
Right click on a blank area of the sidebar. Go to properties. Make sure the
check is in the box for start automatically.
If you exit the sidebar manually, the system remembers that you did so. The
next time you start the computer you will have to manually start the
sidebar.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
check is in the box for start automatically.
If you exit the sidebar manually, the system remembers that you did so. The
next time you start the computer you will have to manually start the
sidebar.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
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Ian Betts
When it is there right click in a bare bit and click properties. In theThe Old Bloke said:
dialog click the box to make it open with windows/always on top or not/right
or left, then hit Apply.
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Ian
With patience there is always a way.
Please Reply to Newsgroup so all can read.
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The Old Bloke
Sorry guys. It should ave been "disappear"The Old Bloke said:
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Guest
Is there any way to remove Windows Sidebar completely from my computer. I
prefer a stripped down computer.
Thanks in advance,
Bill in Las Vegas
prefer a stripped down computer.
Thanks in advance,
Bill in Las Vegas
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Ken Blake, MVP
Right-click on the sidebar and click "Close sidebar."
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Guest
But this doesn't remove it from my computer, only from my desktop. Space is
very important on my computer.
Thanks,
Bill in Las Vegas
very important on my computer.
Thanks,
Bill in Las Vegas
K
Ken Blake, MVP
You want to uninstall it?
In general, you can't uninstall most Windows components. Whether you
can uninstall the sidebar, I don't know.
I can't imagine that it takes a significant amount of disk space. If
that amount is important to you, you clearly have a drive that is
considerably too small for your purposes. Anything you do like this to
get rid of small pieces of the operating system, besides being
dangerous, would only be a stopgap measure in addressing your issue.
It sounds like your real solution is buying more disk space.
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Guest
Yes I would like to uninstall it and Photo Gallery and Collaboration and
Journal. I've been a week taking off all the Trial programs hp put on this
poor little computer. I don't mean to offend anyone, just clean up my
computer so when I run Power Defrag and Norton it doesn't take hours. I've
never seen so many programs I didn't want on a computer that was supposed to
be just a stock computer. If it can't be done I'll take out Vista and put in
a stock XP. I don't need a yahoo anything, no stock market ticker tape, the
few programs I have to worry about going out to the internet collecting and
sending without my knowing it the better. I just purchased two new computers
because one of my programs went out to the internet and left the door open.
There should be some way to get a plain brown wrapper computer.
So can you help me remove any of this stuff I don't want or not?
Thanks in advance,
Bill in Las Vegas
Journal. I've been a week taking off all the Trial programs hp put on this
poor little computer. I don't mean to offend anyone, just clean up my
computer so when I run Power Defrag and Norton it doesn't take hours. I've
never seen so many programs I didn't want on a computer that was supposed to
be just a stock computer. If it can't be done I'll take out Vista and put in
a stock XP. I don't need a yahoo anything, no stock market ticker tape, the
few programs I have to worry about going out to the internet collecting and
sending without my knowing it the better. I just purchased two new computers
because one of my programs went out to the internet and left the door open.
There should be some way to get a plain brown wrapper computer.
So can you help me remove any of this stuff I don't want or not?
Thanks in advance,
Bill in Las Vegas
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Richard Urban
I just ran a search of my system drive (not using Windows search BTW) that
indicates that there are 782 files, taking up about 13 meg of file space.
Now, you could likely delete some, or all, of these but I would bet that
many/most of them are "protected" system files and are undeletable. And,
what you can delete may be automatically reinstalled upon a reboot.
Personally - I would not worry about it. After all, 13 meg?? If it's not
running it's NOT taking up resources. And if 13 meg is such a huge amount to
you, you really DO need a larger hard drive.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
indicates that there are 782 files, taking up about 13 meg of file space.
Now, you could likely delete some, or all, of these but I would bet that
many/most of them are "protected" system files and are undeletable. And,
what you can delete may be automatically reinstalled upon a reboot.
Personally - I would not worry about it. After all, 13 meg?? If it's not
running it's NOT taking up resources. And if 13 meg is such a huge amount to
you, you really DO need a larger hard drive.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
bphata said:
K
Ken Blake, MVP
Neither of these, and I suspect much of what else you are complaining
about, has anything to do with Vista. These were probably installed by
the company you bought your computer from.
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Guest
Richard the truth is I'm paranoid (really) I just feel better alone. L-)
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Guest
Windows Sidebar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Collaboration and Windows
Journal are all Windows. I think it would be copyright infrindgement for HP
or Gateway to put these things on my computer and use the Windows tradmark
name.
I find HP naming it's things HP Health Check, HP Info Center, HP Modem, etc.
I'm not complaining, I'm only asking this board, not you, if there is a way
to safely remoe these things from my computers.
So if you don't have an answer for me that addresses my issue of "how do I
safely remove these items from my computers" why don't you give it address so
someone else might be able to answer me.
I'm not complaining, I'm asking this board if anyone knows a way to remove
safely Windows Sidebar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Collaboration and
Windows Journal are all Windows?
Respectfully,
Bill Patterson
Journal are all Windows. I think it would be copyright infrindgement for HP
or Gateway to put these things on my computer and use the Windows tradmark
name.
I find HP naming it's things HP Health Check, HP Info Center, HP Modem, etc.
I'm not complaining, I'm only asking this board, not you, if there is a way
to safely remoe these things from my computers.
So if you don't have an answer for me that addresses my issue of "how do I
safely remove these items from my computers" why don't you give it address so
someone else might be able to answer me.
I'm not complaining, I'm asking this board if anyone knows a way to remove
safely Windows Sidebar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Collaboration and
Windows Journal are all Windows?
Respectfully,
Bill Patterson
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Richard Urban
Again, the operating system protects itself from people removing vital
components. Just turn them off and don't use them.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
components. Just turn them off and don't use them.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
bphata said:
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Guest
Richard,
You're telling me Windows Sidebar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows
Collaboration and Windows Journal are all "Vital" to Windows Vista? I need
redundant programs I my machine to make it work. I have MS Office 2007, I
have PHotoshop, I have Nero 7, an abundance of programs I need, why do I need
duplicate types of programs for Vista's Vitality? I've been into computers
since the '60s, went to college for it, I've never heard of a sidebar, photo
gallery, journal that was Vital to an OS. Perhaps you'd like to go into depth
a bit to explain this Vital Nature to us all.
Thanks for answering,
Bill in Las Vegas
Perhaps we've come so far from bunch cards I don't understand anymore.
You're telling me Windows Sidebar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows
Collaboration and Windows Journal are all "Vital" to Windows Vista? I need
redundant programs I my machine to make it work. I have MS Office 2007, I
have PHotoshop, I have Nero 7, an abundance of programs I need, why do I need
duplicate types of programs for Vista's Vitality? I've been into computers
since the '60s, went to college for it, I've never heard of a sidebar, photo
gallery, journal that was Vital to an OS. Perhaps you'd like to go into depth
a bit to explain this Vital Nature to us all.
Thanks for answering,
Bill in Las Vegas
Perhaps we've come so far from bunch cards I don't understand anymore.
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Richard Urban
Let me explain one thing. What is vital to the O/S, and what is protected
*BY* the O/S is what the developers deem to be so.
You can try all the old methods.
1. Uninstall windows options
2. Edit the registry
3. Delete folders and files.
Some may work - others may not.
Some may be recreated upon a reboot.
It's your computer so experiment. I am happy with my computer the way it
stands and have no intention of futzing around to remove something that I
may come to regret.
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
*BY* the O/S is what the developers deem to be so.
You can try all the old methods.
1. Uninstall windows options
2. Edit the registry
3. Delete folders and files.
Some may work - others may not.
Some may be recreated upon a reboot.
It's your computer so experiment. I am happy with my computer the way it
stands and have no intention of futzing around to remove something that I
may come to regret.
--
Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)
bphata said:Richard,
You're telling me Windows Sidebar, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows
Collaboration and Windows Journal are all "Vital" to Windows Vista? I
need
redundant programs I my machine to make it work. I have MS Office 2007, I
have PHotoshop, I have Nero 7, an abundance of programs I need, why do I
need
duplicate types of programs for Vista's Vitality? I've been into computers
since the '60s, went to college for it, I've never heard of a sidebar,
photo
gallery, journal that was Vital to an OS. Perhaps you'd like to go into
depth
a bit to explain this Vital Nature to us all.
Thanks for answering,
Bill in Las Vegas
Perhaps we've come so far from bunch cards I don't understand anymore.