this ini works best: ; vLite preset file ; ;#Environment: ; vLite v1.2 ; Framework 2.0.50727.3521 ; Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7000.0 32-bit ; ;#Target: ; Windows 7 ULTIMATE 32-bit ; Version 6.1 English (United States) ; vLited with v1.2 (08/01/2009 23:36:03) ; [Compatibility] ACDSee / XnView KMPlayer Zoom Player Recommended Aero Glass Scanners and Cameras Internet Explorer Windows Update Aero Glass Internet Explorer [CustomHide] [Components] ;# Accessories # Accessibility Disk Cleanup Games-Inbox Games Games-Premium Inbox Games Mobility Center Speech Support System Information Welcome Center ;# Drivers # Diva Server Modems Printers-Generic printer QLogic Fibre Channel Adapter Scanners Storage controllers-Adaptec Storage controllers-Elxstor Storage controllers-IBM ServeRAID Storage controllers-ICP vortex Storage controllers-Intel (Matrix) Storage controllers-nVidia Storage controllers-SiS Storage controllers-Via TV Tuners-ADS Technologies TV Tuners-ASUSTeK Computer Inc. TV Tuners-AVerMedia Technologies, Inc. TV Tuners-Compro Technology Inc. TV Tuners-Creatix TV Tuners-Hauppauge TV Tuners-KNC ONE GmbH TV Tuners-KWorld TV Tuners-Lumanate, Inc. TV Tuners-Philips Semiconductors TV Tuners-Pinnacle Systems TV Tuners-TerraTec Electronic GmbH TV Tuners-VidzMedia Pte Ltd. ;# Hardware Support # Dynamic Volume Manager Fax Support Firewire (1394) Floppy Disk Support Infrared Support Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Microsoft Multi-Path Bus Modem Support Printer Support Smartcards TV Tuner support Windows HotStart XBOX 360 Controller ;# Languages # Arabic Brazillian Bulgarian Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hebrew Hungarian Italian Korean Latvian Lithuanian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Simplified Chinese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian ;# Multimedia # Intel Indeo Media Center Music and Video samples Sample Pictures Screensavers SideShow Sound Recorder Wallpapers ;# Network # Connect to a Network Projector Distributed File System (DFS) File and printer sharing (Server) Internet Information Services (IIS) Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Simple TCPIP services TFTP Client Windows Mail ;# System # Beep BitLocker Drive Encryption Disk Quota Help IMAPIv2 Burning Support Jet Database Engine Microsoft Client For NFS Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ) Natural Language Parental Controls Performance Counters Reliability and Performance Monitor Remote Differential Compression Run a legacy CPL elevated Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) Sync Center Tablet PC User Account Control (UAC) Windows Easy Transfer Windows SAT (Performance Index) Zip Folder [Options] DEP (Data Execution Prevention) = Default User Account Control (UAC) = Disabled AntiSpyware Realtime Protection = Default Memory requirement = 256MB AutoPlay = Enabled Paging Executive = Disabled Power scheme = High performance Power button = Default Sleep button = Default Control Panel - Classic View = Default Show hidden files and folders = Yes Show protected operating system files = Yes Show extensions for known file types = Yes IE Phishing Filter = Enabled IE Phishing Verification Ballon Tips = Default [services] [Protection] [Drivers] [unattended] [Hotfixes] [LanguagePacks] --- with UAC disabled I can still use sidebar with this config. But make sure you do not re-enable UAC to full or else it won't run properly (explorer crashes, no control panel even if you are in admin group, etc) if you DID happen to do so, just boot in safe mode and disable UAC again.