Do you get a context menu when you right-click on the sidebar icon in the
notification tray on the right-hand side of the taskbar? If not, then it
sounds like the sidebar is hung - try stopping it from task manager, and
have it send an error report to Microsoft.
yes. context menu is there and working. gadgets can be seen when opacity set
at 20%. can't be sure but thik problems started with e-trust antiviruse. have
since uninstalled and went to using avast. also updated to latest nvidea
drivers.