Tech: Trouble with 'Gadgets' in Windows 7

Subject: Tech: Trouble with 'Gadgets' in Windows 7
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 09 Mar 15 - 04:59 PM

My Beautiful Wife's desktop computer, an HP 8000 SFF,
operates under Windows 7, and in the past we have been
pleased with the windows Gadgets, the Windows 7 icon
programs that are set up on the Desktop. We use(d)
the Time, the Calendar, and the Weather gadgets for
quite a long time, quite satisfactorily.

Suddenly, recently, the Weather gadget, upon being
dragged to the Desktop, just remains blank blue, without
any report. Another computer (mine, a Lenovo desktop
machine) in the same room, also running Windows 7, still
gets that weather service just fine, but my wife's
desktop gets the blank-and-then-disappearing icon.

I have been unable to diagnose the problem, or even to
keep the weather gadget on the screen on her machine.
Which is an HP 8000 Small Form Factor, for whatever
that's worth. The gadget used to be okay, but not now.

Do any of you good gurus know what's wrong, or what to do
about it?


Here's some parameters of this machine, which might be of help
: Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2 OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Service Pack 1, 64 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10 Processor Count: 2 RAM: 3991 Mb Graphics Card: Intel(R) Q45/Q43 Express Chipset (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.1), 1771 Mb Hard Drives: C: Total - 950004 MB, Free - 902009 MB; Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard, 3646h Antivirus: Kaspersky Internet Security, Updated and Enabled
Dave Oesterreich

Here are some details, in case they are useful:
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, Intel64 Family 6
Model 23 Stepping 10 Processor Count: 2
RAM: 3991 Mb
Graphics Card: Intel(R) Q45/Q43 Express Chipset (Microsoft
Corporation - WDDM 1.1), 1771 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 950004 MB, Free - 902004 MB;
Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard, 3646h
Antivirus: Kaspersky Internet Security, Updated and Enabled

Subject: RE: Tech: Trouble with 'Gadgets' in Windows 7
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 09 Mar 15 - 05:33 PM

Gadgets ???

Gadgets were declared a security risk some time ago;
and even microsoft advised to disable them...???

microsoft provided an update or tool to remove gadgets....?????

... google "windows 7 gadgets security fix"

Subject: RE: Tech: Trouble with 'Gadgets' in Windows 7
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 09 Mar 15 - 05:36 PM

Oh, oh! Thanx, punkfolkrocker.

Dave Oesterreich