Hello. My Vista laptop installed a security update. I recently noticed, the Vista gadget from Lenovo has gone missing. How do I get them back. I have the Lenovo ThinkPad T400 that has the Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 processor, 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD, ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 Graphics Card and Windows OS Vista 64 bit SP2.
Hello Edward Rand,
To fix the problem:
1- Open the Task Manager and click on processes tab see "sidebar.exe"is listed or not.
2- Make sure that this process is Enabled.
3- Make sure that the sidebar isn't blocked from Firewall or other Security programs.
If the problem still doesn't fix use these steps:
1- Click "Start" and click "All Programs"
2- Click on "Accessories", then Right-click on "Command Prompt" and click "Run as Administrator"
Note: If there was an administrator password, type it or provide confirmation.
3- Type in the command prompts:
Regsvr32 atl.dll
Enter
Regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%Windows Sidebarsbdrop.dll
Enter
Regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%Windows Sidebarwlsrvc.dll
Enter
Then Exit.
4- Finally restart the computer.
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Updating windows vista is very complicated some updates are not that great but it's better to back up your file just to be sure updating windows vista may cause some software to be corrupted and disappear just go to my computer control panel and side bar property check apply changes.
