Check out these new Sidebar Gadgets for Windows Vista
2008-04-22 07:49:00 Today I've got some pretty neat new Sidebar Gadgets to tell you about for Windows Sidebar. If you're into Baseball, you'll like this new Gadget. Fox Sports on MSN is offering a Fantasy Baseball Gadget brought to you by People-Ready Business from Microsoft. With this Gadget, you can check up on Fantasy Baseball news, check player stats, and create your own roster. This Gadget requires Adobe Flash so if you're running Windows Vista x64 (like me), you'll need to run Windows Sidebar under 32-bit. To do that in Windows Vista x64 - just go to C:/Program Files (x86)/Windows Sidebar and execute sidebar.exe from there. Download the People-Ready Fantasy Baseball Gadget here. Another new Gadget to check out is the brand new MSN Video Gadget for Windows Sidebar. The MSN Video Team announced its availability today along with some highlights as to what you can do with the Gadget on their blog. Download the MSN Video Gadget here. Got a Sidebar Gadget recommendation? Would love to hear...
The Live Search Maps Gadget is back!
2008-02-01 10:06:00 Donavon West, whose company LiveGadgets.net was hired by Microsoft to develop the Live Search Maps Gadget originally, has announced via LiveSide that the Live Search Maps gadget is back and available for download! This awesome gadget lets you look at traffic in many different cities. I use this gadget all the time especially when traveling up to Seattle. Donavon says work has been done "under-the-hood" so visually the gadget won't look much different than before. He also says new cities have been added: Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, San Antonio and Toronto. New cities will automatically show up in the Live Search Maps Gadget when they are added going forward. This gadget is a must-have for folks who commute and do quite a bit of traveling.
Enabling the Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED bits
2008-01-29 03:23:00 In order to get started using your brand-new Dell (PRODUCT) RED PC right out of the box, you will need to enable a few things in order for the Windows Vista Ultimate (PRODUCT) RED bits such as the Sidebar Gadgets and Windows DreamScene to run. In the following video - I show you exactly what you need to do to view the awesome (PRODUCT) RED Sidebar Gadgets as well as the (PRODUCT) RED DreamScene. Video: Windows (PRODUCT) RED: Sidebar Gadgets and DreamScene As shown in the video, in order to utilize Windows Sidebar I first needed to deactivate Google Sidebar. My preference is Windows Sidebar anyway - especially with the all the gadgets I run. After I deactivated Google Sidebar and got Windows Sidebar running, I needed to install the (PRODUCT) RED gadgets which are located in the following directory on your Dell (PRODUCT) RED PC: C:dell edRecoveryGadgetsVista Once the (PRODUCT) RED Sidebar Gadgets are installed, I was able to use the Gadget Picker in Windows Sidebar to add the...
Outlook 2007 Gadgets for Windows Sidebar
2007-12-01 16:43:00 If you’re a fan of the Outlook 2007 To-Do Bar, but wish your upcoming appointments and tasks could be shown even when Outlook was minimized, you can do this today with the Outlook Sidebar Gadgets. One of the new features introduced in Windows Vista is the Windows Sidebar, an application that allows gadgets (small applications that ...
Alky Windows Sidebar for XP
2007-11-21 06:58:00 Requisitos:Alky for Applications XP or 2003Internet Explorer 7Windows Media Player 11Tamaño: 10,5 MB
By: Cupi,CA
Halo 3 Gadget using Silverlight for Windows Sidebar
2007-10-27 20:57:00 I just found this awesome gadget for Xbox 360 & Halo 3 owners. Its been developed using Silverlight technology. Lets hope more and more developers start using Silverlight technology in gadget development. "HALO 3 is out and my Xbox is now getting the love it truly deserves. Multiplayer mode in HALO is a lot of fun and even more fun when you can play with friends. Thus, a perfect opportunity was born to create a useful sidebar gadget. I've recorded a demo on how the gadget works available on Channel 9 and you can download the gadget directly from my server, although I will be posting it to the Gadget Gallery shortly. Just make sure that before you run the gadget you install Silverlight 1.0, otherwise the gadget will not work. My data source for Xbox Live information is coming from Duncan Mackenzie's REST service and the UI is done completely in Silverlight 1.0. This turned out to be a really fun project and the Sidebar hosting environment was a great place for a Si...
Whats new in Windows Vista?(Windows Sidebar)
2007-10-09 11:21:00 Windows SidebarThe concept of widgets has been around in one form or another wherever operating systems were to be found ?be it the unixes or the windows ,or indeed the Macintosh environment . Under Windows, StardockHad long ago introduced a concept quite similar to the now prevalent widgets. Vista introduced the sidebar under the then ? codenamed longhorn build released in September 2002. While many have suggested that vista borrowed the idea from konfabulator (now yahooEngine )or from Apple?s Dashboard ;it is interesting to note that both these programs were introduced after September 2002.What then is a widget ?The simplest explanation is that it is a mini-program ?one stripped to the most rudimentary features. For Vista?s implementation of the widget concept ,we can think of them as simple tools written in HTML/XML.markup languages,The windows sidebar is a simple panel that gathers several of these widgets ?which are called Desktop Gadgets under Vista ? in to a single interface ...
By: Crossaffairs
Whats new in Windows Vista?(Windows Sidebar)
2007-10-09 11:21:00 Windows SidebarThe concept of widgets has been around in one form or another wherever operating systems were to be found –be it the unixes or the windows ,or indeed the Macintosh environment . Under Windows, StardockHad long ago introduced a concept quite similar to the now prevalent widgets. Vista introduced the sidebar under the then – codenamed longhorn build released in September 2002. While many have suggested that vista borrowed the idea from konfabulator (now yahooEngine )or from Apple’s Dashboard ;it is interesting to note that both these programs were introduced after September 2002.What then is a widget ?The simplest explanation is that it is a mini-program –one stripped to the most rudimentary features. For Vista’s implementation of the widget concept ,we can think of them as simple tools written in HTML/XML.markup languages,The windows sidebar is a simple panel that gathers several of these widgets –which are called Desktop Gadgets under Vista – in to a sin...
By: Crossaffairs
iSlayer: Widgets para Windows Sidebar
2007-08-23 22:55:00 Una de las mejoras que Windows Vista a incorporado a su sistema operativo es la barra lateral llamada Windows Sidebar y gadgets, que nos -;ofrece información de un vistazo y proporciona un fácil acceso a las herramientas de uso frecuente. Windows incluye una pequeña colección de gadgets, pero únicamente algunos de ellos aparecen en el Sidebar de manera predeterminada, se pueden ...
By: RubenDomFer
How to disable Windows sidebar
2007-08-01 12:08:00 Right click on the sidebar or the sidebar icon and select properties Deselect “Start Sidebar when Windows starts” Right click on the sidebar icon and select “Exit”
By: Get PC Tips
Lock the Windows Sidebar
2007-06-21 12:50:00 While the Windows Sidebar is a nice piece of functional eye candy for home users, it can be an administrator's nightmare in a business environment. Having users installing an endless amount of gadgets off of the internet can at the very least waste work time and bandwidth and a worse case scenario would be a security breach. You can limit or eliminate the Windows Sidebar and keep control of what, if any, gadgets are able to run on the users' machines.1. Click the Start Button.2. Click All Programs and select Accessories.3. Click Run.4. Input gpedit.msc and click OK.5. When the UAC prompt appears, click Continue.6. In the left pane, select Computer Configuration and double-click Administrative Templates.7. Double-click Windows Components.8. Select Windows Sidebar.9. In the right pane, select one of the four settings to limit usage of the Windows Sidebar. To enable a setting, double-click the setting and select the Enabled radio button and click OK. The choices are:Override the Mor...
By: Tips and Tricks
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