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Old 05-01-2007   #1 (permalink)
Clingpeach


 
 

LOSING TASKBAR AND SIDE BAR WIDGETS

I inadvertently posted this in the wrong forum previously.

I am dual booting with XP so no chance of keeping system restore. I am
still mainly using XP. So after not having used Vista for 3 weeks I booted
into Vista and have lost my taskbar and side bar with my widgets. How do I
get them back. It happened the last time as well and used Acronis backup to
get back my settings. There has to be an easier way.
Any help please??



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Old 05-01-2007   #2 (permalink)
Feliks Dzerzhinsky


 
 

Re: LOSING TASKBAR AND SIDE BAR WIDGETS

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Clingpeach wrote:
> I inadvertently posted this in the wrong forum previously.
>
> I am dual booting with XP so no chance of keeping system restore. I am
> still mainly using XP. So after not having used Vista for 3 weeks I booted
> into Vista and have lost my taskbar and side bar with my widgets. How do I
> get them back. It happened the last time as well and used Acronis backup to
> get back my settings. There has to be an easier way.
> Any help please??
>
>

I answered you in the wrong forum.

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Old 05-01-2007   #3 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP


 
 

Re: LOSING TASKBAR AND SIDE BAR WIDGETS

In any dual boot scenario with XP and Vista, you must set the system so that
neither operating system can detect the other operating system. This solves
a lot of problems, including losing system restore points.

See the following website for detailed instructions on how to accomplish
this.

Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Clingpeach" <adelec@icentennial.com> wrote in message
news:e8GS8JFjHHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I inadvertently posted this in the wrong forum previously.
>
> I am dual booting with XP so no chance of keeping system restore. I am
> still mainly using XP. So after not having used Vista for 3 weeks I
> booted
> into Vista and have lost my taskbar and side bar with my widgets. How do
> I
> get them back. It happened the last time as well and used Acronis backup
> to
> get back my settings. There has to be an easier way.
> Any help please??
>
>


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Old 05-03-2007   #4 (permalink)
Clingpeach


 
 

Re: LOSING TASKBAR AND SIDE BAR WIDGETS

Thanks for the reply. I am reluctant to spend any more money after
purchasing Vista ultimate. This still doesnt address the issue of the lost
taskbar and sidebar widgets
"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
news:C44EB5C8-BF5B-45A0-BACC-C6150D575420@microsoft.com...
> In any dual boot scenario with XP and Vista, you must set the system so
> that neither operating system can detect the other operating system. This
> solves a lot of problems, including losing system restore points.
>
> See the following website for detailed instructions on how to accomplish
> this.
>
> Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP:
> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Clingpeach" <adelec@icentennial.com> wrote in message
> news:e8GS8JFjHHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I inadvertently posted this in the wrong forum previously.
>>
>> I am dual booting with XP so no chance of keeping system restore. I am
>> still mainly using XP. So after not having used Vista for 3 weeks I
>> booted
>> into Vista and have lost my taskbar and side bar with my widgets. How do
>> I
>> get them back. It happened the last time as well and used Acronis backup
>> to
>> get back my settings. There has to be an easier way.
>> Any help please??
>>
>>

>



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Old 05-03-2007   #5 (permalink)
Ronnie Vernon MVP


 
 

Re: LOSING TASKBAR AND SIDE BAR WIDGETS

If you followed the previous advice, you would still have system restore
available in Vista to fix the missing Taskbar and Sidebar problems.

There are simply too many things that can happen when you have a dual boot
setup where 2 or more operating systems can see each other and interact.



--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Clingpeach" <adelec@icentennial.com> wrote in message
news:uXVGcbZjHHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for the reply. I am reluctant to spend any more money after
> purchasing Vista ultimate. This still doesnt address the issue of the
> lost taskbar and sidebar widgets
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
> news:C44EB5C8-BF5B-45A0-BACC-C6150D575420@microsoft.com...
>> In any dual boot scenario with XP and Vista, you must set the system so
>> that neither operating system can detect the other operating system. This
>> solves a lot of problems, including losing system restore points.
>>
>> See the following website for detailed instructions on how to accomplish
>> this.
>>
>> Dual Booting Windows Vista & Windows XP:
>> http://bertk.mvps.org/html/dualboot.html
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Clingpeach" <adelec@icentennial.com> wrote in message
>> news:e8GS8JFjHHA.2368@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>I inadvertently posted this in the wrong forum previously.
>>>
>>> I am dual booting with XP so no chance of keeping system restore. I am
>>> still mainly using XP. So after not having used Vista for 3 weeks I
>>> booted
>>> into Vista and have lost my taskbar and side bar with my widgets. How
>>> do I
>>> get them back. It happened the last time as well and used Acronis
>>> backup to
>>> get back my settings. There has to be an easier way.
>>> Any help please??
>>>
>>>

>>

>
>


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