bri84 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 After installing IE8 my sidebar is all messed up, and the clock gadget is using 50% cpu (MS's or Clocktopia). Uninstalled IE8 and reinstalled but the same.Uninstalling IE8 fixes the sidebar problem.This is why I prefer Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bri84 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Just uninstalled IE8 (again).This is how the sidebar should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Get a hang dump of sidebar.exe after about 30 seconds of chewing up CPU, using the instructions in the link. Then, compress the c:\adplus folder and put it somewhere we can get to it and we'll know more of what's happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Try re registering the sidebar files with these three commands"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe" /RegServerREGSVR32 "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\sbdrop.dll"REGSVR32 "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\wlsrvc.dll" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bri84 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 The zip folder is 71MB and I don't have anyplace to store it.Tried the 3 commands but got this on the 2nd and 3rd.23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicAndre1981 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 you can upload the zip file to a 1 click hoster like Rapidshare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bri84 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) It must have something to do with the ATI drivers. I changed the DPI and the sidebar is fine now with IE8 installed.Got ATI 9.3 installed.9.4-5 don't have my screen res of 1440x900 for some reason (notified them several days ago).Thanks Edited June 8, 2009 by bri84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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