vista Windows Vista Gadgets

[Ian W]

As today is the day that Microsoft official unveiled the name for Windows Vista, I would like to celebrate the event by sharing a collection of gadgets for the Windows Sidebar that I have accumulated over the years; all of the gadgets pertain to Windows Vista.

I must admit that some of these no longer function as they were intended

[Anibal P]

Other than the clock they were all steaming piles of crap 

[Raa]

Remembering they can be used on Windows 7 as well!

 

I quite like the weather and currency gadgets. Although for currency I had to switch to a 3rd party gadget instead since the original stopped working.

[binaryzero]

There's a reason these no longer exist.

[Ian W]

Other than the clock they were all steaming piles of crap 

I must respectfully disagree. What may not be useful to you may be useful to someone else.

 

There's a reason these no longer exist.

And what might that be?

[devHead]

I've been using Rainmeter for a few years now - I have one skin, the Cowon clock.  It shows the time and date, and it's perfect.  I really never used the Vista or Windows 7 gadgets.

[The Evil Overlord]

I for one like the gadgets a lot, and like Raa, have to use a third party gadget for up to date (ish) currency conversion. (UK work from home side business that pays almost exclusively in US Dollars)

The workaround gets the weather gadget up and running in no time, and I will miss them when I'll be forced off of 7.

I get that they could be a security risk, but I see far more posts about problems regarding the newest build of 10 than I ever did regarding compromised systems due to the sidebar.

R.I.P. Windows Sidebar, (windows 8 an onwards) here stands a man who will desperately miss you.

I've tried various rainmeter skins and find them boring, there are some really nice ones out there, but the basic nature of per gadget brought it's own appeal to me, not to mention the 2 radio gadgets I use that still work.

[The Evil Overlord]

Remembering they can be used on Windows 7 as well!

 

I quite like the weather and currency gadgets. Although for currency I had to switch to a 3rd party gadget instead since the original stopped working.

show hidden files, close sidebar, go to user>app data>local>microsoft>windows live>services> then edit the config file, save it (I just save and make no changes) and restart sidebar, this fixes the weather gadget.

Unless you already knew this

[Ian W]

Other than the clock they were all steaming piles of crap 

I must add that the World Clock gadget has a nice time of day transition effect, and the sound played by the Egg Timer gadget can be customized by the user.

[The Evil Overlord]

I must add that the World Clock gadget has a nice time of day transition effect, and the sound played by the Egg Timer gadget can be customized by the user.

It also has a chime every fifteen minutes from the hour

[Ian W]

It also has a chime every fifteen minutes from the hour

Oh, you downloaded it?

[The Evil Overlord]

Oh, you downloaded it?

Yes, I love the 'bounce' effect the world clock's second hand has, as opposed to the very static and clinical motion of the second hand on the stock 7 clock gadget

(Appears to behave more like a wall clock and not a watch)

[Raa]

Unless you already knew this

Yes I knew that, and I have to do that every few days to keep the weather gadget going. The MS currency gadget is dead though, nothing will fix that one.

[nekrosoft13]

i still use gadgets on windows 7, 8 and 10. 

 

there is simply no replacement for weather meter, CPU usage and network meter gadgets!

 

small, right on the desktop, always available. no stupid metro app can replace that.