Occasional Desktop gadgets disappearing

[learninmypc]

My W7.
It seems if I reboot once a day, they'll return after rebooting, but if I go longer, they don't always re appear. I have had to reboot twice in a row & occasionally I've had to shut it down, wait a few minutes & boot it back up.
On my XP I had nothing on my desktop & enjoyed it that way. I have gotten used to the convenience of having the clock,temp & day of week on my W7 but if I keep having this situation, I'll get rid of them. This has been going on for a few months, I've just been trying to be patient hoping it would fix its self. Is there a cure for this that might be easy,or ???

 

[Rabbit01]

The last time the gadgets disappeared on me was after updating the video drivers. I revert to the older drivers, problem gone. You can try updating video drivers or revert to the old drivers to see whether that will resolve your problem.

 

[learninmypc]

To the best of my knowledge, I haven't updated any video drivers. I'm just wondering if rebooting once a day would pre maturely wear anything out?
I had the false impression I was supposed to frequently reboot my XP Pro which is why I think it quit so I'm paranoid about rebooting this pc so often.

 

[Rabbit01]

Once a day? I doubt it. If you were to press the reset button multiple times a day, then I suppose you can wear it out.

Does closing the gadgets then adding them back in or updating them to a newer version (if not the ones that came w/ Win7) help?

 

[learninmypc]

Ok, to your first reply. I'm not sure how to close them out but I'm sure I can find out. Thank you.

 

[Rabbit01]

Right click on the gadget, then the following should come up.

 

[learninmypc]

Thank you.(y)