IE 8 and sidebar

Stonefly · 07-02-2009, 10:43 AM

Good day, I can't seem to find a solution with this problem so hopefully somebody here can help me.

My OS is Vista Ultimate on a dell studio 1735, 4 gigs ram, 2.5 GHz T9300 processor, ati mobility radeon HD 3650 video card. I downloaded IE 8 from windows update and installed it. I love the browser, works great but after it's installed it messes up my sidebar. My weather gadget is totally transparent except the numbers in it, there is white borders on my calendar and my cpu meter and clock freezes. If I close the gadgets and restart them it's the same thing, freezing and stops working within a minute. I have tried different video drivers for the white border thing but didn't make a difference. All my other drivers are up to date. If I go back to IE 7 the problem goes away. I tried the dell support forums but all they said was to update my drivers which I had already tried. So if anybody has any idea on this I would appreciate your input. Thank You.

fgfg9 · 07-02-2009, 11:02 AM

mabey a corrupted install you might want to give it another shot

Stonefly · 07-02-2009, 03:51 PM

Thanks, I forgot to mention that I installed it 5 or 6 times and had the same results. I used the system restore a few times to go back and I tried to just uninstall the update through control panel but didn't make a difference.

fgfg9 · 07-02-2009, 04:05 PM

what about a windows update?

Stonefly · 07-03-2009, 08:55 AM

I did it through windows update and tried it by downloading it and installing it, same results.

Stonefly · 07-03-2009, 08:58 AM

It's kinda funny that the beta version of IE8 didn't effect my sidebar but the final version did. My computer is all up to date so don't know what else to do.

fgfg9 · 07-03-2009, 09:05 PM

What version of IE 8 is it. I'm no expepert but mabey I can dig something up.

Stonefly · 07-16-2009, 10:53 AM

I found the problem. Apparently a lot of people are having the same trouble. I had my DPI set to 110. With a screen resolution of 1920X1200 I wanted my fonts and icons to be a little bigger. My sidebar will only work properly on the default DPI of 96. If I set it to anything else it messes it up, with freezing of the gadgets and they don't display properly. Micorsoft engineers are currently working on the problem so hopefully it will get fixed soon so I can use a custom DPI.

Thank You fgfg9 for your responses.

07-02-2009, 10:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Stonefly Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	IE 8 and sidebar Good day, I can't seem to find a solution with this problem so hopefully somebody here can help me. My OS is Vista Ultimate on a dell studio 1735, 4 gigs ram, 2.5 GHz T9300 processor, ati mobility radeon HD 3650 video card. I downloaded IE 8 from windows update and installed it. I love the browser, works great but after it's installed it messes up my sidebar. My weather gadget is totally transparent except the numbers in it, there is white borders on my calendar and my cpu meter and clock freezes. If I close the gadgets and restart them it's the same thing, freezing and stops working within a minute. I have tried different video drivers for the white border thing but didn't make a difference. All my other drivers are up to date. If I go back to IE 7 the problem goes away. I tried the dell support forums but all they said was to update my drivers which I had already tried. So if anybody has any idea on this I would appreciate your input. Thank You.

07-02-2009, 11:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
fgfg9 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 37 OS: Windows 7 and XP SP3	Re: IE 8 and sidebar mabey a corrupted install you might want to give it another shot

07-02-2009, 03:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Stonefly Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	Re: IE 8 and sidebar Thanks, I forgot to mention that I installed it 5 or 6 times and had the same results. I used the system restore a few times to go back and I tried to just uninstall the update through control panel but didn't make a difference.

07-02-2009, 04:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
fgfg9 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 37 OS: Windows 7 and XP SP3	Re: IE 8 and sidebar what about a windows update?

07-03-2009, 08:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
Stonefly Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	Re: IE 8 and sidebar I did it through windows update and tried it by downloading it and installing it, same results.

07-03-2009, 08:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
Stonefly Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	Re: IE 8 and sidebar It's kinda funny that the beta version of IE8 didn't effect my sidebar but the final version did. My computer is all up to date so don't know what else to do.

07-03-2009, 09:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
fgfg9 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 37 OS: Windows 7 and XP SP3	Re: IE 8 and sidebar What version of IE 8 is it. I'm no expepert but mabey I can dig something up. Last edited by fgfg9; 07-03-2009 at 09:09 PM.

07-16-2009, 10:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
Stonefly Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	Re: IE 8 and sidebar I found the problem. Apparently a lot of people are having the same trouble. I had my DPI set to 110. With a screen resolution of 1920X1200 I wanted my fonts and icons to be a little bigger. My sidebar will only work properly on the default DPI of 96. If I set it to anything else it messes it up, with freezing of the gadgets and they don't display properly. Micorsoft engineers are currently working on the problem so hopefully it will get fixed soon so I can use a custom DPI. Thank You fgfg9 for your responses.