inspiron9400

I have an Inspiron 9400 running vista premium OS, and recently found
that multiple calendar gadgets (darn kids!) had been created in the
sidebar. When I try to close any of them, the PC locks up, and nothing
responds, so I have to close via the power button. Also, the weather
gadget now defaults to Redmond, WA, and won't allow me to edit (how
sinister is THAT?). The sidebar gadgets all used to work fine. Anyone
experience anything like this? I'd like to uninstall and re-install the
package, but the process is so different from XP, I haven't yet decided
to cross that bridge. The kb searching I've done thus far hasn't
yielded anything useful. Appreciate any insights.


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inspiron9400