Windows Sidebar Crashes at Startup / Login

[Sandy Wood]

Every morning when I login to my Vista Enterprise system I get a prompt that
DEP is closing Windows Sidebar. My event log has

Faulting application sidebar.exe, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp
0x4791952a, faulting module sidebar.exe, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp
0x4791952a, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00001c18

Can anyone help with a proper way to start troubleshooting this crash?

 

[Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

Hi Sandy,

Try eliminating 3rd party Gadgets one by one to isolate the problem.

 

[Sandy Wood]

What if I don't have any 3rd-party gadgets? This is a new Vista installed,
just 3 weeks old.
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Sandy Wood
Orange County District Attorney

Hi Sandy,

Try eliminating 3rd party Gadgets one by one to isolate the problem.

 

[Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP]

One may need to investigate it using Process Monitor.

Process Monitor:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

What if I don't have any 3rd-party gadgets? This is a new Vista installed,
just 3 weeks old.
--
Sandy Wood
Orange County District Attorney

Hi Sandy,

Try eliminating 3rd party Gadgets one by one to isolate the problem.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog

Every morning when I login to my Vista Enterprise system I get a prompt
that
DEP is closing Windows Sidebar. My event log has

Faulting application sidebar.exe, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp
0x4791952a, faulting module sidebar.exe, version 6.0.6001.18000, time
stamp
0x4791952a, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00001c18

Can anyone help with a proper way to start troubleshooting this crash?