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indeed folks; I confirmed it myself by uninstalling ie 11 and sure enough; the gadgets came back exactly the way I wanted them to come back; full color and all!; so yes it appears it indeed is a problem with ie 11 because I think the reason is ie 11 is really meant for windows 8 and 8.1; even though it is compatible with windows 7; dont know where the problem lies; but indeed that did solve my problem so thanks everyone who contributed to this! :)