Feeling of love hate for Vista Sidebar!

**George Safford** · 07-23-2008, 06:14 PM

I really like the sidebar, how it displays the weather, my processors and stuff. The amount of bogging down and issues it causes while it boots up when I first start windows makes it not really worht it. Is there a fix for this?

1972vet · 07-23-2008, 07:21 PM

If your system is an upgrade to vista you quite possibly would have some performance issues depending on the size of your disk, type of processor, amount of RAM...most users with vista preinstalled on a new system suffer no ill effects from the flashy/fancy effects that vista offers.

You can remove the side bar from starting or you can reduce the number of gadgets that it loads...it's really just users preference. The only "fix" would be to upgrade the system hardware (if yours was not a Vista "off the shelf" version.

~~OMGmissinglink~~ · 07-23-2008, 08:15 PM

Open controll panel "uncheck" start gadgets when windows starts.

**George Safford** · 07-24-2008, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1972vet

If your system is an upgrade to vista you quite possibly would have some performance issues depending on the size of your disk, type of processor, amount of RAM...most users with vista preinstalled on a new system suffer no ill effects from the flashy/fancy effects that vista offers.

You can remove the side bar from starting or you can reduce the number of gadgets that it loads...it's really just users preference. The only "fix" would be to upgrade the system hardware (if yours was not a Vista "off the shelf" version.

Vista was a fresh install. Umm I really don't think I need to upgrade my hardware. I just think the sidebar is buggy and was wondering if there was a fix to it. See my stats on the left.

kinbard · 07-24-2008, 12:51 PM

The sidebar startup is a huge resource hog. You can try tweakvi, but I really don't feel it makes a difference. If you want to use it, but don't want the initial vista startup to take so
long, you can turn it off, then manually turn it on after your system is up. Thats really the only solution that I know of.

**simpswr** · 07-24-2008, 01:05 PM

How much RAM do you have?

kinbard · 07-24-2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by simpswr

How much RAM do you have?

yeah, and I just noticed you are running 64bit. You should be running at the minimum 2 gigs, though you can get by slow at 1.

**sobeit** · 07-24-2008, 02:23 PM

something you can do to see if it helps. You can run the gadgets without the sidebar. Just drag them off onto your desktop. Then turn off the sidebar.

**George Safford** · 07-24-2008, 04:14 PM

I have 4 gigs of ram. I will try your suggestions. Thanks Guys!

07-23-2008, 06:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
George Safford I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Essex Junction, Vermont Posts: 663 OS: Vista Premium 64Bit My System	Feeling of love hate for Vista Sidebar! I really like the sidebar, how it displays the weather, my processors and stuff. The amount of bogging down and issues it causes while it boots up when I first start windows makes it not really worht it. Is there a fix for this?

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1972vet Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 155 OS: xpsp3	Re: Feeling of love hate for Vista Sidebar! If your system is an upgrade to vista you quite possibly would have some performance issues depending on the size of your disk, type of processor, amount of RAM...most users with vista preinstalled on a new system suffer no ill effects from the flashy/fancy effects that vista offers. You can remove the side bar from starting or you can reduce the number of gadgets that it loads...it's really just users preference. The only "fix" would be to upgrade the system hardware (if yours was not a Vista "off the shelf" version. __________________ CastleCops Graduate 1st Responder/Maintenance Tips

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~~OMGmissinglink~~ Troubled Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,535 OS: XP Pro sp2 My System	Re: Feeling of love hate for Vista Sidebar! Open controll panel "uncheck" start gadgets when windows starts.

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kinbard Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 2,365 OS: Solaris 10, XP,SuSE10, 10.3,11, Freespire,PCLinuxOS, Vista HP, and a partridge in a pear tree	Re: Feeling of love hate for Vista Sidebar! The sidebar startup is a huge resource hog. You can try tweakvi, but I really don't feel it makes a difference. If you want to use it, but don't want the initial vista startup to take so long, you can turn it off, then manually turn it on after your system is up. Thats really the only solution that I know of. __________________ Half viking, half pirate, stronger than both 5 Steps XP Repair

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George Safford I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Essex Junction, Vermont Posts: 663 OS: Vista Premium 64Bit My System	Re: Feeling of love hate for Vista Sidebar! I have 4 gigs of ram. I will try your suggestions. Thanks Guys!