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Windows 7 - The default gadgets have turned invisible and black |
11-25-2010
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The default gadgets have turned invisible and black My clock gadget turned into a black square with frozen red arrow, the calendar is invisible, the CPU meter is a little white square. PLZZZZZZ Help ME!!!!!!!! | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x32 Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor |
11-25-2010
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, LinuxMint 9 LTS x64, Debian 6, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x64 |
Possibly a graphics card issue this : what card are you using? have you the latest drivers? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, LinuxMint 9 LTS x64, Debian 6, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS x64 CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
2*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID1;
1*Western Digital WD10EARS 1TB
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! |
11-25-2010
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#3 | | Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
Gadgets - Enable or Disable
Dis-able Gadgets  Power OFF computer  Power ON Computer  enable gadgets | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments ! OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards Sound Card on motherboard Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc Case All Generic Full Towers Cooling Open Air & a few fans Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere! |
11-25-2010
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Quote: Originally Posted by Golden Possibly a graphics card issue this : what card are you using? have you the latest drivers? I'm using NVIdia 9500 GT | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x32 Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor |
11-25-2010
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Sorry, but it didn't help. I think that happened after I ran CCleaner. It deleted some things(i think so). and lots of problems began after that. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x32 Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor |
11-25-2010
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#6 | | Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) |
Try running SFC from an elavated Command Prompt. SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments ! OS Xp Pro SP3 x64, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) CPU AMD-64 3000mhz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), & others Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards Sound Card on motherboard Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 19" Acer widescr, 22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, etc Case All Generic Full Towers Cooling Open Air & a few fans Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
several extra 1tb & 2TB SATA HD's Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Twelve computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere! |
11-25-2010
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try the solution in this thread: Gadget black error | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware AREA-51 M17x OS windows 7 ultimate 64bit CPU Intel Core2 Extreme x9000 2.8GHZ Motherboard Asus P965 Intel chipset Memory 4Gig Graphics Card 2 NVidia GeForce 8800M GTX (SLi) Sound Card onboard Monitor(s) Displays 17in. built-in, 47in JVC LCD Screen Resolution 1080p Mouse touchpad, Logitech Anywhere Mouse cordless laser Case 17in. laptop Hard Drives 2 250Gig Hitachi (RAID 0) @ 7200RPM Internet Speed cable |
11-25-2010
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
I agree, but start at the beginning Gadget black error
A Guy | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz Motherboard ASUS P7P55D Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8 Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24" , SyncMaster P2050 20" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 , 1440 x 900 PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracudaź 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache Internet Speed 20 + Mbps |
11-27-2010
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Thanks, Kword and guy, it help, thank u!!!!!!!! | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x32 Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor |
11-27-2010
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#10 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
Glad you got it sorted, and we could help. A Guy | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz Motherboard ASUS P7P55D Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8 Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24" , SyncMaster P2050 20" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 , 1440 x 900 PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 3 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Case Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracudaź 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache Internet Speed 20 + Mbps The default gadgets have turned invisible and black problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:33 PM. |  |