I was having a problem with my gadgets not working or even having the option to use the gadgets. I was also having a problem with my sound cutting out completely. While fixing my sound problem, I got rid of the sound driver (I believe it was the 6.1.7000 driver that Windows Update updated the...
If you go on to the Realtek site and download and install the Vista_R218 driver you will get your sound back. It just came out on 3/9 and it works great. You could even download a R218_Readme PDF that tells you exactly how you should install the driver.