Side Bar

[James]

I am new to Vista, running Vista Home Premium. I have created an Admin
account with administrator rights and standard accounts for each member of
the family, including myself.

I like using the Vista side bar but it is too narrow on my standard account
to show the headlines of the RSS news feeds. I expected to be able to make it
wider and I can do this in the Admin account by dragging the left hand edge
of the side bar. However I cannot do this in any of the standard accounts.

I tried changing the account from standard to administrator but that made no
difference. Why can I change the width of the side bar on one account but not
on the others? I would appreciate any suggestions please.

Thanks,

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi James,

Actually, you're not supposed to be able to change the sidebar width in any
account.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

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My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Keith Miller \(MVP\)]

Gadgets can be dragged off the side bar. When you do this, they get larger.
You can actually drag all the gadgets you want off, then close the sidebar &
they will remain. Play with it awhile & you may find something you like.

 

[James]

Rick,

Maybe I'm lucky ... in the Admin account, I can drag left and all gadgets
re-size larger.

Thanks for your response,

 

[James]

Keith,

This is very helpful and enabled me to see meaningful headlines straightaway.

Thanks,
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James

Gadgets can be dragged off the side bar. When you do this, they get larger.
You can actually drag all the gadgets you want off, then close the sidebar &
they will remain. Play with it awhile & you may find something you like.

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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

I am new to Vista, running Vista Home Premium. I have created an Admin
account with administrator rights and standard accounts for each member of
the family, including myself.

I like using the Vista side bar but it is too narrow on my standard
account
to show the headlines of the RSS news feeds. I expected to be able to make
it
wider and I can do this in the Admin account by dragging the left hand
edge
of the side bar. However I cannot do this in any of the standard accounts.

I tried changing the account from standard to administrator but that made
no
difference. Why can I change the width of the side bar on one account but
not
on the others? I would appreciate any suggestions please.

Thanks,

 

[James]

Thanks Brink,
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James

Hi James,

I do not remember if this will let you make changes to Windows Sidebar
in a Standard account or not, but it will let you make all sorts of
changes to Windows Sidebar in a Administrator account. You might give it
a try.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/105573-windows-sidebar-theme.html

Shawn


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[Dattron]

Regarding the sidebar, if you drag a gadget to the desktop and close the side
bar i assume the service continues to run but does closing it actually save
any resources?

Gadgets can be dragged off the side bar. When you do this, they get larger.
You can actually drag all the gadgets you want off, then close the sidebar &
they will remain. Play with it awhile & you may find something you like.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

I am new to Vista, running Vista Home Premium. I have created an Admin
account with administrator rights and standard accounts for each member of
the family, including myself.

I like using the Vista side bar but it is too narrow on my standard
account
to show the headlines of the RSS news feeds. I expected to be able to make
it
wider and I can do this in the Admin account by dragging the left hand
edge
of the side bar. However I cannot do this in any of the standard accounts.

I tried changing the account from standard to administrator but that made
no
difference. Why can I change the width of the side bar on one account but
not
on the others? I would appreciate any suggestions please.

Thanks,

 

[Keith Miller \(MVP\)]

I don't honestly know.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

Regarding the sidebar, if you drag a gadget to the desktop and close the
side
bar i assume the service continues to run but does closing it actually
save
any resources?

Gadgets can be dragged off the side bar. When you do this, they get
larger.
You can actually drag all the gadgets you want off, then close the
sidebar &
they will remain. Play with it awhile & you may find something you like.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

I am new to Vista, running Vista Home Premium. I have created an Admin
account with administrator rights and standard accounts for each member
of
the family, including myself.

I like using the Vista side bar but it is too narrow on my standard
account
to show the headlines of the RSS news feeds. I expected to be able to
make
it
wider and I can do this in the Admin account by dragging the left hand
edge
of the side bar. However I cannot do this in any of the standard
accounts.

I tried changing the account from standard to administrator but that
made
no
difference. Why can I change the width of the side bar on one account
but
not
on the others? I would appreciate any suggestions please.

Thanks,