Vista Tutorial - Vista Sidebar Gadgets Broken

Yep I reactivated Aero and still no change.

Next step:
regsvr32 msxml6.dll
Run ccleaner and clean everything in IE/Firefox
Reboot

No change unfortunately.

Any more suggestions guys? Is it possible to reinstall XML without having to do a Repair Install for Vista (sorry if I'm repeating myself but this is really bugging me).

If it is any help, I am having the exact same problem with my gadgets. My clock looks exactly the same as greenies. Any solution would be appreciated.

Lee

Hi,
Just received a friend's mail describing the same problem, dll re-registerded did nothing too.
As it happened to my friend's computer just after having installed Avast, it told him to uninstall it and the problem was solved.
He reinstalled Avast after an sidebar is still OK.
So, maybe you could try deinstalling your AV to check if it solves the problem, deactivating it may work but i guess that some entries have to be cleared.
Check also that if you changed AV that the old one has been deinstalled entirely, for example on a PC which had Kaspersky for ages and then moved to Nod 32, in the Windows firewall control panel settings, Kaspersky were still appearing as the main firewall (just the name was present because of some weird registry entries).
Hope it helps.

Unfortunately I don't have Avast installed to begin with. I try downloading it, installing it and then removing it (making sure to completely get rid of it with Revo Uninstaller and CCleaner) but it didn't seem to solve the problem.

I've been doing a few other re-installations over the past few days to see if it makes a difference. I found a few MSXML Core Services installers on the Microsoft website but these didn't seem to make a difference. I also tried reinstalling Java again but unfortunately nothing.

Does anybody else have any more suggestions? Did you manage to get yours working again Rooster44?

Hi greenie,

I think you misunderstood my last post, i did not tell you to install Avast but just trying to expalin what happened to my friend.
The problem could come from the AV running on your system, so try this way:
Uninstall your current AV software, disable your firewall, then uninstall the gadgets and reinstall them to check if there are any changes.
The problem you experience is very common and if the dll reg does not work, i did not see a real improvement except the AV issue.
I will try to check the entries made by one of the gadgets in conflict and will let you know.

Hi sidney,

Sorry I misunderstood your previous steps. I have been using AVG 8.0 Free as my anti virus. I disabled my firewall, uninstalled it, rebooted, re-registered DLLs and still I have the same problem. Hopefully this gives you some help on what to try next.

greenie