Gadgets not working properly in windows 7

Question

For some reason the gadgets in windows 7 are not working properly. I can open the gadget gallery and select a gadget, but it doesn't show the entire thing. For example i select the clock, and all it shows is a black square with the red ticking hand frozen. Another example is the CPU meter. All it shows when i click on it is a little white square where the meter should be. I can still close the gadgets by way of the close button on each gadget though (the calendar doesn't appear at all).  UAC is turned on and i have rebooted the pc, same thing still happening. (It is Enterprise edition if that makes any difference). If anyone could help that would be great!

Answer 1

Have you come across the problem where some of the Gadgets that you added to the Sidebar/Desktop are not displayed correctly? For example, the clock gadget may be displayed as a black square containing only the "seconds" hand. Other gadgets may show up as
white rectangles with an information (i) icon and a plus sign. The settings button next to the gadget does not work, but the
x to close does. Here are some screenshots:
The above-mentioned behavior is caused due to the following reasons:
A subkey with foreign/ASCII character exists under the "Zones" registry key.
XML registration is missing in the system.
Use these steps to fix the problem:
Fix for Case 1
1. Click Start, type Regedit.exe and press {ENTER}
2. Navigate to the following branch:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Internet Settings \ Zones
3. Under the Zones key, delete the subkey shown with an ASCII character:
4. Exit the Registry Editor.
5. Logoff and login back to your user account.
Fix for Case 2
1. Open an
elevated Command Prompt window. To open an elevated (admin) Command Prompt, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories,
right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
2. In the Command Prompt window, type the following command and press ENTER:
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
3. Similarly, run these commands:
regsvr32 scrrun.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
You should see the DllRegisterServer in <filename> succeeded message for each command executed.
4. Logoff and login back to your user account and see if the Gadgets display correctly.