I am trying to get the sidebar to work (I've never used Vista before). When I
try to activate the Sidebar, I am told that "Windows Sidebar is managed by
the System Administrator".

But I AM THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR! Indeed, I haven't installed any other
accounts on the system, as I'm the only user. What kind of mainframe
stalinist system is this????



Anybody who can help me please.

Hi,

Try this fix from MVP Ramesh:

http://www.winhelponline.com/article...s-Sidebar.html

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MVP Windows Shell/User

"Sidebar Seeker" <Sidebar Seeker@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:80BEB914-BAE9-4B55-A9F4-E02FC3C2FE94@xxxxxx

>I am trying to get the sidebar to work (I've never used Vista before). When
>I
> try to activate the Sidebar, I am told that "Windows Sidebar is managed by
> the System Administrator".
>
> But I AM THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR! Indeed, I haven't installed any other
> accounts on the system, as I'm the only user. What kind of mainframe
> stalinist system is this????
>
> Anybody who can help me please.

"Sidebar Seeker" wrote:

> I am trying to get the sidebar to work (I've never used Vista before). When I
> try to activate the Sidebar, I am told that "Windows Sidebar is managed by
> the System Administrator".
>
> But I AM THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR! Indeed, I haven't installed any other
> accounts on the system, as I'm the only user. What kind of mainframe
> stalinist system is this????
>
> Anybody who can help me please.

THANKS - SECOND PIECE OF ADVICE WAS AN INSTANT FIX.

Your time much appreciated, the Sidebar now works beautifully, and I love
(in a way) Vista again.