vista sidebar problem

problem: vista sidebar doesnt start, stating 'administrator' is in control of app (or some such shizzle...)

what im not doing: liking working on vista one wee bit!


a side issue arose troubleshooting network issues on a vista home premium edition sony vaio flatscreen effort... very nice to look at, not much in the way of usability, sadly...

the problem was this reg key;

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Windows\Sidebar

the value TurnOffSidebar shouldnt be there. you may find it in;

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Windows\Sidebar

too! why does this appear? who knows! some extra dll info here;

http://thevistaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=13550