Windows Sidebar Eats Up RAM

Mar 23, 2008

I'm sure everyone knows that Windows Sidebar can potentially destroy the amount of RAM that is available on your PC, but I'm having sort of an unusual problem with this. When Windows Sidebar is loaded, the amount of RAM that it occupies is about 20MB, which is certainly acceptable for me. However, after the course of 6 or so hours the RAM increases upwards of 120MB, and after 12 hours, nearly 200MB! This just doesn't seem right. I'm assuming Sidebar is stored some previous information via RAM, but I really can't see this information being necessary at all. Is there anyway I can put a cap on the amount of RAM that Sidebar uses? Or even some other method to reduce the RAM usage?

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Sidebar Eats Procesor

May 13, 2009

after todays upgrades of Windows Vista Business 32b, I see sidebar to use 50%of my procesor on Compaq6710b 2,2Mhz,4GB RAM. It remains when I use only Clock gadget only.

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Stanimir Stoyanov has create a very useful application that automates customizing the appearance of the Windows Vista sidebar. If you change you skin your visual style and want your sidebar to match or just do not like the default black gradation look, Windows Sidebar Styler makes it very easy to change the look.

Visit Stanimir Stoyanov’s blog and download the latest version ...

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Oct 4, 2007

i'm using Vista Ultimate version and i'm having all sorts of problems with windows update, Windows live messenger 8.1 and my sidebar.

a) Windows Update- Windows update is failing to load any new updates available, after selecting "check for updates" i am responded with an immediate error; it states. Windows could not search for new updates. Error(s) found: Code 80040154. Get help I have googled my error code but not many responses. So thats my first concern

b)Live Messenger 8.1- Secondly, i was shocked to find my msn wasn't working (works on web based version, so cant be wrong login details) first the typing was slow then i get the error code: 800401f3 denying me login. I searched up the code and found i had to type up some things in cmd...........

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Feb 7, 2009

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Mar 30, 2008

So ever since I got my computer I can't get the sidebar to work. I can bring it up and add gadgets but they don't function properly and they only have an X on the right hand side (no magnifying glass to edit options). So basically, the sidebar works but the gadgets don't?? Some of the graphics will show up but they don't function...this is very frustrating and I've spent lots of time trouble shooting and trying to figure out possibilities

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Oct 1, 2008

I am a noob to the forums and a new Vista user. I am running Vista Home Basic. I ran sfc and it determined I had some corrupt files that could not be repaired. I determined that the files were all related to windows sidebar. My question is, can I reinstall windows sidebar and if so how is this done?

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Mar 23, 2008

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (laptop). My windows sidebar has dissapeared and I cannot retreive it. At each start up I get the message 'Windows sidebar is managed by your system administrator' my pc is not part of a network as I am the only user.

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Mar 26, 2008

I am using Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (laptop). My windows sidebar has dissapeared and I cannot retreive it. At each start up I get the message 'Windows sidebar is managed by your system administrator' my pc is not part of a network as I am the only user.

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Oct 29, 2009

I've been getting that message for a while. When I try to look at the Sidebar properties, which I find using the Start/Search feature, nothing opens. When I go to the Sidebar folder in C:/Program Files/Windows Sidebar, there are 3 items there: a subfolder labeled Gadgets, a Configuration Settings icon labeled Settings, and a Sidebar application icon. If I click on the application icon, I just get the "Windows sidebar is not working" message. All of this happened after a System Restore a couple of months ago.

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Mar 24, 2009

I've had a look at the solutions for this but they haven't helped. I think this is related to the IE8 update/upgrade. The Problem signature is:

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX64
Application Name: sidebar.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Application Timestamp: 4791a245
Fault Module Name: StackHash_8ef9
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 000000017000d590
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 0000000000000008
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 3081
Additional Information 1: 8ef9
Additional Information 2: 6deb3fe8c6290d77be122bd2078585e1
Additional Information 3: 2926
Additional Information 4: 1171fa44c2f89d99961b0beb836a83e8

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Oct 27, 2008

I install a fresh copy of Vista 64-bit and every thing is working fine. after windows install all updates and become up to date my Windows Sidebar crashes and don't want to start. every time i try to run it i get an error message and this happen only after the updates but before it it's works fine so is there any way to make it run normally again?

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Feb 27, 2010

I know how to turn on the Windows Sidebar in Vista -- but, is it possible to do that in Win 7?

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I have no ideal what caused my windows sidebar has this weird looks. I attached a screenshot so you guys have a better image as whats going wrong.

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Mar 23, 2008

I had problems with the "windows sidebar stopped working" messages appearing on a regular basis. I have only windows stock gadgets in the sidebar. A while ago I even removed one gadget at the time to see if it would stop crashing but it didn't. Yesterday I reformatted my computer because of another problem I had and one of the first things that happened was "windows sidebar stopped working". It happened again today. I still have almost only drivers and windows updates installed so what can be causing this problem?

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I often get this short hissing noise when I either open/close/minimize/maximize a window or pass the cursor over the sidebar. As far as I can tell, this only happens when the sidebar is activated. how I can get rid of this sound without having to
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I did to accelerate the start up of Vista did not help at all. = Whether killing services, ditching the sidebar, cleaning up etc. etc. = the startup still takes up to two minutes. As opposed to it, the = shutdown takes only 10 secs. I really do not understand what is wrong = with the start up. As an example, today the usual security updates etc. = from MS installed which required a restart. From the moment the restart = started (shutdown finished in 10 secs) to full availability of the = desktop, it took more than 3 minutes. This is ridiculous. My laptop has = 4MB of RAM and a 2.0 GHz AMD CPU. I think that should be enough to make =
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Jan 6, 2008

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ive done
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Sidebar has recently started using 50% + CPU. It runs from 0 to 50+ and back to 0 and back to 50+ and just keeps doing this. What would cause that?

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May 3, 2009

I have installed Vista x64 and there's no vista sidebar. I tryed searching in start menu, control panel even in program files. I couldn't find anything. So is there way to install it manualy? I guess i installed version without sidebar.

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Jul 29, 2009

I am having problems with my sidebar, and I think with IE as well. It all started when I uninstalled McAfee from my system. When I had it installed, it would freeze my entire computer in seconds, so I uninstalled it. After that my sidebar never worked right again. The gadgets show up, but not correctly. My weather app just had a white box with a little blue "i" in the corner. My analog clock would just have a black face and a red second hand at 12 o'clock that never moved.

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall the gadgets, but with no luck. I have tried a few command prompt .dll commands that I have read in forums, but that didn't help. I read it might be an issue with IE8, so I downgraded to IE7, but that still didn't help. I love the sidebar and want to use it again, but nothing I do works! I also have an issue with my IE7.

I tried to sign up for these forums, but the image verification box wouldn't show up until i tried it in Firefox. I use a browser called Slimbrowser (which is based on IE I believe) and I would like to continue using it, but it may be linked to my IE problem.

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