Adding and Removing Gadgets from Windows Vista Sidebar

When it comes to personalizing your Windows Vista sidebar, one of the most exciting features is the ability to add and remove gadgets. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to easily install new gadgets and remove old ones.

First things first, let's take a look at what's already in our sidebar. As you can see, there are several gadgets already installed, including stocks and feed headlines that I haven't actually added yet. These gadgets can be dragged into any place in the sidebar by simply clicking and holding them, letting go, and they're instantly in there.

As you may have noticed, some of these gadgets are already familiar to us. For example, this is a contacts gadget, which was already installed when I had Windows Vista on my computer. There's also an "exit" gadget that can be removed by right-clicking on it.

But what about all the cool gadgets we've seen floating around? Maybe you want a weather gadget or a CPU usage/ram usage monitor. The good news is that installing new gadgets is as easy as clicking on the "Get More Gadgets" button. This will open up your default web browser (in my case, Safari) and take you to the Windows website, where you can search for more gadgets.

One of the most popular types of gadgets are top-rated gadgets, which have been handpicked by Microsoft themselves. There's also a "top-down" section that features gadgets in no particular order. I'll show you an example of how to install a gadget using one of these options. Let's say we want to get a Vista Calculator gadget and place it right between the Google and stock gadgets.

To start, we simply click on the gadget we're interested in, which will open up its webpage. This is where you can learn more about the gadget and whether or not it's free. In this case, the calculator is indeed free, but there may be some requirements or setup needed before we can install it.

Once we've confirmed that the gadget is okay to download, we hit the "install" button. This will take us straight to the download page for the gadget. We're presented with a prompt asking us to only install applications from developers we trust. Since this is a Microsoft-developed gadget, I'm sure I can trust it.

We click on the "Install Now" button, and after a few seconds, we're told that the installation has been successful. The gadget has now been added to our sidebar, and we can move it around as needed. We can also remove it by right-clicking on it and selecting "Remove".

Now that we have a new gadget installed, let's take a look at some of the other features available in our sidebar. As you can see, there are several options available, including changing the display settings for certain gadgets. These settings can be accessed by clicking on the "wrench" icon (which stands for "settings") next to each gadget.

For example, I want to change the temperature unit from Fahrenheit to Celsius for my weather gadget. We simply click on the wrench icon, and a menu appears that allows us to adjust various settings for the gadget. In this case, we can toggle between Fahrenheit and Celsius, enter our city's latitude and longitude (which updates the weather map), and even choose whether or not to display humidity data.

And finally, let's talk about removing gadgets from our sidebar. As you can see, I've removed one of my old gadgets, which was replaced by a new one when we installed the Vista Calculator. To remove a gadget altogether, we simply right-click on it and select "Remove". It's that easy!

If you're feeling adventurous and want to explore some more gadgets, I recommend searching for "blah" (you can't really search for anything in particular - just type away!)-and see what comes up. There are many useful gadgets out there that can enhance your Windows Vista experience.

In conclusion, adding and removing gadgets from our Windows Vista sidebar is a breeze. With these simple steps, you'll be able to customize your sidebar with all sorts of cool new gadgets in no time. So don't be afraid to experiment - try out some different gadgets and see what works best for you!

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button hit get more gadgets online this will open your default web browser might happen to be safari right now and it'll visit the windows website where you can search for more gadgets so there's top rated gadgets there are top down gadgets i'm going to show you an example of how to insert a gadget so say you want to get the vista calculator over here in the bottom of your sidebar or say right between the google one and the stock gadget what you do first i will click on it and it'll open up its webpage it'll tell you all about it usually and you have to make sure it's free unless you want to actually buy it so you hit the download button this will take you straight to the download page and begin your download so give it a second and it'll say read carefully um only install applications from developers you trust hit my install button here and open and up here it's done downloading it's a tiny file i'm going to open it up and install so you can see it's already there now i'm going to exit out of my web browser and everything since this is no longer necessary and you'll also notice it says page one of two you don't see this the calculator here in here actually you do it's right there but once you get a certain amount of gadgets you can actually move to your second page and the second page of gadgets which is just my xm radio so i'm gonna exit out of this so here's the new gadget that's as simple as that you can grab this little grid thing here and remove it and maybe insert it somewhere else where i where you wanted it before and there we go so that is how you get the windows vistas gadgets from microsoft itself into your sidebar if i want to delete it or maybe change options the wrench always means options so if i were to exit this out and go in here and hit the wrench since this is the weather gadget i can change from fahrenheit to celsius i can enter my location etc that's what the wrench always means and i'll try to zoom in on the wrench for you so here is the wrench right there i don't know if you can see that it's all the way on the edge but that's the wrench always means settings so and removing like i said is as easy as exiting out and if you go into the plus again that brings it up right click one and hit uninstall to remove it completely from your computer and that's as easy as it is and i think it'll there it is it's gone pga tour one is gone and i only have one page because xm radio is back on the first page so that is how you install and uninstall gadgets from your sidebar should you be using one in windows vista so um there's a lot of cool gadgets here so if i was to search blah and just hit enter it'll open up a web browser google search blah and bam i'm already searching it so there's a lot of useful gadgets that i would recommend if you have a powerful enough computer and if you have enough random access memory to actually do this kind of stuff um if you do then good luck and i hope this tutorial was helpful if you have any other tutorials that you'd like me to do just hit that subscribe button and write up a comment and i will try my best to do it so thanks for watching guys peacehey guys today i'm going to show you how to add and remove gadgets from your windows vista sidebar here's my sidebar it's got a few new gadgets in it and i also have the battery indicator over here what i'm going to show you today is how obviously in hd to add and remove gadgets so first you'll notice at the top there is a small little plus button hit that plus button and there's a number of gadgets already built in to the windows vista sidebar that come with it such as stocks and feed headlines that i haven't actually put in my sidebar yet these you can drag in easily simply by clicking holding them and dragging them to any place in the sidebar letting go and they're instantly in there i had this one before so there's already a few contacts and exit this one out but you've always wondered well i've seen people with these cool these things or maybe a weather one or a cpu usage ram usage monitor wondering how to get one of those so so you simply hit the button hit get more gadgets online this will open your default web browser might happen to be safari right now and it'll visit the windows website where you can search for more gadgets so there's top rated gadgets there are top down gadgets i'm going to show you an example of how to insert a gadget so say you want to get the vista calculator over here in the bottom of your sidebar or say right between the google one and the stock gadget what you do first i will click on it and it'll open up its webpage it'll tell you all about it usually and you have to make sure it's free unless you want to actually buy it so you hit the download button this will take you straight to the download page and begin your download so give it a second and it'll say read carefully um only install applications from developers you trust hit my install button here and open and up here it's done downloading it's a tiny file i'm going to open it up and install so you can see it's already there now i'm going to exit out of my web browser and everything since this is no longer necessary and you'll also notice it says page one of two you don't see this the calculator here in here actually you do it's right there but once you get a certain amount of gadgets you can actually move to your second page and the second page of gadgets which is just my xm radio so i'm gonna exit out of this so here's the new gadget that's as simple as that you can grab this little grid thing here and remove it and maybe insert it somewhere else where i where you wanted it before and there we go so that is how you get the windows vistas gadgets from microsoft itself into your sidebar if i want to delete it or maybe change options the wrench always means options so if i were to exit this out and go in here and hit the wrench since this is the weather gadget i can change from fahrenheit to celsius i can enter my location etc that's what the wrench always means and i'll try to zoom in on the wrench for you so here is the wrench right there i don't know if you can see that it's all the way on the edge but that's the wrench always means settings so and removing like i said is as easy as exiting out and if you go into the plus again that brings it up right click one and hit uninstall to remove it completely from your computer and that's as easy as it is and i think it'll there it is it's gone pga tour one is gone and i only have one page because xm radio is back on the first page so that is how you install and uninstall gadgets from your sidebar should you be using one in windows vista so um there's a lot of cool gadgets here so if i was to search blah and just hit enter it'll open up a web browser google search blah and bam i'm already searching it so there's a lot of useful gadgets that i would recommend if you have a powerful enough computer and if you have enough random access memory to actually do this kind of stuff um if you do then good luck and i hope this tutorial was helpful if you have any other tutorials that you'd like me to do just hit that subscribe button and write up a comment and i will try my best to do it so thanks for watching guys peace\n"