Windows Vista Sidebar

[Guest]

All of a sudden my Sidebar has a white background, instead of showing the
gadgets just superimposed on top of my desktop picture. How do I get rid of
the white background? Thanks, Tom

 

[KristleBawl]

First, try this. Right click a blank spot on the sidebar and in Properties
switch the sidebar from right to left ad back again. See if it resets
itself.

KB

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[Tiberius]

switch to classic theme, and then back to aero glass

the sidebar will be fixed

 

[Guest]

Thanks KB. I tried it, but the white background is still there. Tom

 

[Richard Urban]

I ran into this just yesterday while trialing the new version of ZoneAlarm
for Vista. I decided I didn't want ZA in it's present form so I went back to
a system image I created just before installing ZA. This, of course,
eliminated the condition.

Other programs may cause the same thing to occur.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I tried switching to Classic and back, but the white background is
still there. Tom

 

[Tiberius]

sealion, if everything fails you can always do a system restore

on how to do this and more info on system restore
go to windows help and type system restore

this will take your pc back to a time where it was working ok without
deleting personal files like emails documents
etc.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Re-registering the XML module helps in some cases. See:

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

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Thanks. I tried switching to Classic and back, but the white background is
still there. Tom

 

[Frank]

All of a sudden my Sidebar has a white background, instead of showing the
gadgets just superimposed on top of my desktop picture. How do I get rid of
the white background? Thanks, Tom

That will also happen when you lose aero. Have you checked your color
scheme settings?
Frank