Sidebar gadgets corrupted

[Hapkido]

I went on a service call to fix a problem on a client's Vista machine in
regard to some malware. I was able to clean everything up fine and even
discovered why the problem occurred; someone had deliberately disabled KAV,
Windows Defender and UAC so as to be able to download some nefarious videos.

But in checking the entire system out for other possible issues, I noticed
that the Clock and Weather gadgets on the Sidebar were "corrupt". For
example, the default analog clock was nothing more than a black distorted
circle and the Weather gadget was displayed as a simple white rectangle. I
tried several other gadgets and most wouldn't even display at all.

I'm at odds to know how to proceed to fix this issue. Any/all help would be
much appreciated.

 

[Caretaker]

JUST Reinstall the Gadgets

 

[dean-dean]

Try the remedy provided here:

Gadgets in the Windows Vista Sidebar are not displayed correctly
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/208/1/

 

[Spirit]

I have loaded quite a few gadgets even though I usually only have a few
running all except one has worked well. Clipboard Browser does not
display properly and I have redownloaded it and re-installed it many
times. The display looks nothing like what it is suppose to be or even
close.

http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=5ee7aef9-62f2-42dc-819c-2cdc2995af0b&bt=1
Clipboard Browser Gadget

Anyone have this working?

 

[Hapkido]

That looks promising. I'll certainly give that fix a try the next time I
visit the client.

Many thanks! :~)

 

[dean-dean]

Clipboard Browser uses Silverlight. Do you have the latest Silverlight
(Version 1.0 RC ) runtime installed? I think it was made available towards
the end of July.

 

[Spirit]

I downloaded and installed SilverLight and it shows up in
Add/Remove Programs. Then I redownloaded and installed
Clipboard Browser and when it is added to ClipBoard all
it displays is Get SilverLight???

 

[Spirit]

I also verified with the SilverLight site that it is working.

 

[dean-dean]

From reading the comments on the gadget download page, some other people are
having this problem as well. The only thing I can think of is to Unblock
the Clipboard.Gadget file in its Properties, before installing, since it
will probably mark the files that it contains as "Blocked", as well, when
extracted. Other then that, if Silverlight works on test pages in IE, then
I guess the gadget is a little iffy. Dunno, really...

 

[Hapkido]

Thanks.... that remedy worked great. All the gadgets now work fine, except
it seems that the Calendar gadget doesn't want to work. . The Calendar
displays as a blank orange box. Even if I drag the gadget onto the Desktop
it remains the blank orange box. Any ideas on this one?