Today’s video will show you how to disable the Windows Vista sidebar from automatically starting on Windows Vista startup and closing it permanently. The windows sidebar is a nifty utility for those of you who like to have gadgets on your desktop – if you are like me, however, and have very few resources on your computer system – disabling every little bit you can to get the most out of your system helps. So I opted for removing my sidebar, and if you find yourself not using it’s features, you may want to also – this video will show you how.
Craig received his degree in Informatics with a cognate in Business from Indiana University: South Bend in 2008. Craig lives with his wife and daughter in South Bend, Indiana near Notre Dame. Craig is currently employed by Precision Electric, Inc. and acts as the chief Information Technology Manager. With a passion for teaching and technology, he founded The PCMichiana Tech Help Show in Fall 2009. His focus is teaching users of all backgrounds how to learn technology while having fun.
your right, the sidebar does use loads of resources, over 50MB on my 3 year old laptop. I like it for performance monitoring, currency conversion, wifi radar. handy calculator. Up until recently, i always had it on startup, but it does add 30 seconds to the boot time maybe more. I just have it on manual start now. I have 2GB RAM and I never use more than 1,5GB.