gHacks technology news » vista sidebar gadgets http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Windows Vista Sidebar Backup http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/20/windows-vista-sidebar-backup/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/20/windows-vista-sidebar-backup/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:16:23 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=7133 The Windows Vista Sidebar can display a number of so called gadgets that display all kind of information such as pictures, news or other information like eBay auctions. Some users really like the Windows Vista Sidebar although it uses a large portion of the computer memory.

Windows Vista does not really come with an option to backup and restore the gadgets that are currently showing in the Windows Vista Sidebar. Vista Sidebar Restoration 8.9 is a software program that can backup the existing Windows Vista Sidebar settings.

The Windows Vista Sidebar Backup tool will backup the exact layout of the active gadgets and their settings in one click and can also restore them that easily. Uninstalled gadgets are excluded from the backups.

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Backing up the Windows Vista Sidebar gadgets might come in handy when the gadgets get tangled or if the gadgets should be moved to another computer.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/20/windows-vista-sidebar-backup/feed/ 8 Convert Web Widgets to Vista Sidebar Gadgets http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/21/convert-web-widgets-to-vista-sidebar-gadgets/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/21/convert-web-widgets-to-vista-sidebar-gadgets/#comments Mon, 21 May 2007 12:10:15 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/21/convert-web-widgets-to-vista-sidebar-gadgets/ I have talked to several Windows Vista users and all told me that they did not use the Vista sidebar because of the lack of good gadgets that could be shown there. Sure, some are really nice but the majority is utterly useless. Why would I want another clock in there for instance ?

The Amnesty Generator (Windows, Macintosh) tries to fill this gap by providing a clever way to convert thousands of web widgets to Vista gadgets that can be placed in the sidebar. The program is free and absolutely easy to use. All it needs is the html code of the widget to automatically convert it into a Vista sidebar gadget. The html code is displayed when you select a widget from the many databases that offer them.

It is for instance possible to add Google Gadgets, feed from Grazr, Youtube videos or games from several arcades to the Vista sidebar.

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The Amnesty Generator has a large list of websites that offer web widgets which can be accessed by visiting them in your default browser. All you need to do is find the code to embed the widget into your own website and copy that code from the website.

Paste it into Step 2 of the Generator and customize the Sidebar gadget further by assigning a name and width & height for it. Those values are filled out automatically but you can change them if you want. Last but not least you can add an image which can be used to recognize the vista gadget in the gadget browser.

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source: Windows Vista Tweaks

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