"darkspark88" <darkspark88@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0C09EFD9-CD93-4ED4-8AA8-813FAB091D18@xxxxxx
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>a few days ago, my Vista sidebar gadgets stopped updating. This has
>happened,
> before, but the gadgets have performed normally after I refresh them using
> the options icon built into the gadget.
>
> However, currently, those sidebar gadgets that rely on the internet to
> update have not been working. Their options icon even disappear
> eratically,
> then come back but never work.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to reset the sidebar or get these gadgets
> working again?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Screenshot of the problem
> http://www.imagehost.ro/viewer.php?i...446e3c74418623
You'd need to allow 'sidebar.exe' to poke a hole through any outbound
firewall you have set up.
sidebar.exe [C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe]
Depending on which gadgets are updating, other programs may need access too.
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Jon