Windows sidebar slideshow showing signs of cross gadget

I just installed windows vista Home premium on my PC which has been originally pre-installed with vista Home basic. The administrator account is working perfectly. but the standard accounts give problems. All icons present in the help windows shows a sign of the Red Cross instead of the usual image. also like puzzle photo and slideshow gadgets also show the same cross sign instead of the image. Although in the admin account, there is no problem, but in the standard accounts this problem prevails. Please help me with this.

Hello

Method 1:
This problem can occur if the gadgets are corrupt.
You can try to restore the gadget.
You can follow the steps:
a. right click on the gadget.
b. go to properties.
c. at the bottom of the window you will find a tab to restore Gadgets installed with Windows, click it.
This will restore it to the default setting. This should get your gadget work

Method 2:
I suggest you to next red X in windows help works to follow.
a. go to Internet Explorer and then go to tools.
b. click on Internet Option and go to advanced.
c. check "Show image" and click Ok
See also the link for help:
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/283807


Method 3:

It seems that the system for Windows Sidebar files are damaged or missing. You can therefore perform a SFC scan and check:
See this for more details.

How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929833

Method 4:
You can also try to do a clean boot and check.
How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135
Note: after a repair, be sure to set the computer to start as usual as mentioned in step 7 in the Knowledge Base article.

Method 5:
If the problem persists, then you can create a new user account and verify:
For more information, visit the below mentioned link:

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/create-a-user-account

If the problem is resolved in the new user account, you may have corrupted profile.

Here is the link for troubleshooting a corrupted profile, you can follow the steps mentioned in the link.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

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