antivirus, firewall, etc.), I decided to undo the restore and ask for advice from people who know what they are doing, lest I mess things up further. However, since not all of the areas of the McAfee uninstall screen (the one that is accessed via Programs and Features) were visible (the majority of what I assume was the remove button was cut off from the screen) and the options to uninstall were a bit different than when I initially uninstalled it (instead of having only two options for the programs that I wanted to uninstall, McAfee Internet Security & SiteAdvisor, all the different components were listed individually, i.e. After the restore, the clock gadget showed up perfectly, and I thought that I would try uninstalling McAfee again. The Monday after uninstalling (without uninstalling the new suite, if that makes a difference), I tried a system restore to before I uninstalled McAfee. Not realizing that the sidebar issue was going to stay around after I installed the new security software, I went ahead and installed the new suite. (I believe this happened after I rebooted after running the removal tool, although perhaps it happened following the reboot after uninstalling using the Programs and Features uninstall.) The only gadget I had running was the clock it now shows up essentially as a black box, with the other gadgets similarly not showing up correctly when I try to add them to the sidebar. (In the interest of full disclosure, since my McAfee subscription was running out, I decided to try another security suite, with the intention of switching back to McAfee if I did not like it.) After uninstalling, my Windows Sidebar is no longer functional. I am running Windows Vista 64-bit (Service Pack 1) on an almost one-year-old Dell Inspiron, and, a few Sundays ago, I uninstalled McAfee Security Center 2010 using the Programs and Features uninstall and MCPR.exe.
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