Since 2007, there have been more than 30 million downloads of our desktop gadgets for Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012. Windows desktop gadgets are small applications that run on the desktop and are sometimes called “Windows Sidebar,” “Desktop gadgets” or “Windows gadgets.” Since Q4 2011, Microsoft has no longer supported the uploading of new gadgets to their gadget gallery, saying they want to instead “focus on the exciting possibilities of the newest version of Windows.” However, this doesn’t mean that gadgets no longer work or that you can’t get them anymore.

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Top Frequently Asked Questions Windows Desktop Gadgets is the most popular and sought-after gadget on our website and also in the Microsoft desktop gadgets gallery. This gadget shows your processor usage (up to 2 processors, 16 cores, and 32 threads), RAM usage, CPU frequency, and processor name (Intel or AMD). It also includes sound alerts as well as flyout features that display additional information about your processor, operating system, baseboard, bios, and computer system. Gadget version: 4.7.3 Last updated: 10 June 2013 is an advanced network desktop gadget for Windows. It shows your SSID (Service Set Identifier), signal strength, internal and external IP addresses, blacklisted IP ratio, IP lookup with Google Maps, Internet speed (upload and download), firewall check, remaining data (quota, usage, and day), total data usage, and whether your connection is secure. It also includes flyout features that display all of your network information.

May 12, 2016 Gadgets are no longer available on our website because the Windows Sidebar platform in Windows 7 and Windows Vista has serious vulnerabilities.

Gadget version: 9.6 Last updated: 15 October 2013 can monitor up to 6 stocks, also supports mutual fund, index, ETF and future. It will keep scanning the market every 10 minutes but you can reduce this to 1 minute. To change the stock name you have to click on the stock name or stock symbol. Gadget version: 1.2 Last updated: 20 May 2015 New! Note: To find the stock symbol you have to search from.

Can monitor up to 6 currency rates (also known as foreign exchange rate or forex rate) for 149 currencies, gold, palladium, platinum and silver. So you can set the alert and key in the rate at which you want to make your transfer, then it will keep scanning the market every 10 minutes but you can reduce this to 1 minute. When the rate is achieved it will send an alert sound and alert icon. Gadget version: 1.4 Last updated: 5 May 2015 New! Note: The market is close from 21:00 UTC Friday until 22:00 UTC Sunday. Covers up to 3 million cities and towns worldwide, displaying high and low temperatures for the day, “feels like” temperature, humidity, visibility, pressure, wind speed and direction, cloud cover, precipitation, sunrise, sunset, day length, moonrise, moonset, moon phase, and more.

Gadget version: 1.7 Last updated: 31 August 2013 Note: Versions 1.2 and earlier will no longer function after 22 May 2013. Contains a few features that Microsoft Windows’ clock gadget doesn’t: computer uptime, alarm, and event countdown. Gadget version: 1.4 Last updated: 17 August 2013 is a simple and convenient gadget that allows you to search Amazon in 9 different countries. Gadget version: 1.1 Last updated: 15 May 2012 is a very useful gadget for monitoring your GPU (graphics processing unit) or graphics card. It displays information related to your GPU (vendor, model, clock speed, temperature, usage), memory (clock speed, usage), fan (speed, usage), shader clock speed, PCB temperature, and memory controller. Gadget version: 2.4 Last updated: 21 January 2013 Note: If you select to use the PC Meter method from the settings, make sure PC Meter application is running in background as administrator. Is a very useful gadget for monitoring your battery.

It displays your notebook’s or netbook’s battery status, percentage remaining, time remaining, current voltage, charge and discharge rates, current charge capacity, and maximum charge capacity. It also includes flyout features that display all of your battery information. Gadget version: 2.3 Last updated: 16 August 2013 is a very useful gadget for monitoring all of your HHDs (hybrid hard drives), SSDs (solid-state drives), and flash drives. It shows your drive’s used space, free space, disk space, read and write speeds, and activity percentage. It also includes flyout features that display all of your drive information. Gadget version: 4.3 Last updated: 15 May 2013 is a very famous gadget for Windows that monitors earthquakes around the world. It shows an earthquake’s magnitude, depth, location, and the time of the event with refresh rates of 1 to 10 minutes.

Gadget version: 3.1 Last updated: 31 July 2013 allows for simple, easy-to-click shutdown, standby, restart, logoff or hibernation of your computer from Windows Gadgets. Gadget version: 2.0 Last updated: 6 February 2013 is similar to Microsoft Windows’ clock gadget, but our clock also displays the digital time, the date, the day, and various world flags and other skins. Gadget version: 2.0 Last updated: 1 April 2008 Widget For Website is free use for private or commercial website.

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Reinstate Vista Windows Sidebar on Windows 7 1. First Close all running Gadgets and Check Task Manager to Make sure it is not running and then go to C: Program Files Windows Sidebar. Download the Take Ownership shortcut to add it to the right click context menu by going here 3. Right click on the Sidebar folder and select Take Ownership 4.

Rename the Original Folder to Windows Sidebar (2) 5. Go to the Windows Sidebar Programs folder in Vista and copy it. Now just paste the Vista folder in the Programs folder on your Windows 7 partition. Right Click on the screen and select Gadgets and now you should have the Vista sidebar.

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To close the sidebar just go to the icon in the system tray, right click and select exit. Reinstate Vista Windows Sidebar on Windows 7 1. First Close all running Gadgets and Check Task Manager to Make sure it is not running and then go to C: Program Files Windows Sidebar. Right click on a file and select Properties.

Go to the Security Tab and click on Advanced. Go to the Owner Tab and select Edit. Select your user name and hit OK. Go back to step 3 now and instead of Advanced select Edit. Select your user name and tick the box with Full control and hit OK. OK now you have done that for every file in the Windows sidebar folder except the Gadgets Folder, you can now delete or replace the files.

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Copy the Windows Sidebar Folder and Paste it somewhere for a backup if you want to Revert your changes. Go to the Sidebar Folder in Vista and copy all the files except the Gadgets Folder and Paste it in the Windows 7 Sidebar folder and overwrite the existing files and folders. Right Click on the screen and select Gadgets and now you should have the Vista sidebar.

This is an optional extra for getting all of your Gadgets from Vista to use in Windows 7 1. First close your sidebar and check Task Manager to make sure it is not running. Go to folder options and select. Now go to your Vista Drive and go to folder Users your user name AppData Local Microsoft Windows Sidebar Gadgets and copy all of the folders in that folder.

Now go to the same folder on your Windows 7 drive and Paste the files in that folder. Start your sidebar again by Right Clicking on the Desktop and selecting Gadgets and now you should have all the gadgets you were using on Vista, Enjoy! Add NEW Gadgets to the Vista Sidebar There is a problem installing new gadgets when using the Vista sidebar and you will need to follow this workaround to be able. Download new Gadget 2. Download 7-Zip and install 3. Right click on the Gadget.exe and go to the 7-Zip tab and Extract Files. Now you have the folder on your desktop you will need to add.Gadget to the folder name and move it to the Gadgets folder as mentioned in Step Two.

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