Windows 7 Gadgets not working after uninstall

[ianal]

I recently uninstalled McAfee anti-virus from my laptop PC. Immediately afterwards my Windows 7 Gadgets stopped working. Examples include the Clock and CPU Meter.

I only get black boxes or boxes with small graphics inside where they fail to start up properly.

I have tried switching the Gadget off and back on again by going to Control Panel/Programs and clicking on "Turn Windows features off and on". I reboot after switching off and then again after swicthing back on.

However, it doesn't have any effect and I can't seem to find any way to fix this problem.

Can anyone help ?

Any suggestion would be most welcome.

[exbrit]

You rebooted afterwards?    Try uninstalling those gadgets then reinstalling them.   I can only assume that McAfee didn't like parts of them and decided to take bits with it when it left although I've never experienced that myself in either 7 or Vista.

[exbrit]

Also see this:  http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/140358-gadgets-not-displaying-correctly-windows-7-fix.html?ltr=...

[cyberhick]

I have the same issues. Tried uninstalling and it did not work. 

Message was edited by: cyberhick on 1/6/13 9:38:50 AM CST

[exbrit]

Well if nothing above helps and they have full permission in Firewall > Internet Connections for Programs, then I suggest calling Technical Support, it's free and linked under Useful Links at the top of this page.  Or use the online chat, also free.

Message was edited by: Ex_Brit on 06/01/13 12:10:30 EST PM

[cyberhick]

I found the MCPR tool used it and it worked. This worked for Windows 7 64 bit.

Cheers,

D.

[exbrit]

That's good.  All the best.