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Windows 7: Gadgets Download
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08 May 2011
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Gadgets Download
I am unable to download any of the third party gadgets from windows live galllery. After I click install, nothing happens, I do not get an acknowledgement of anything downloading, and of course nothing appears in my download folder. I am baffled.
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08 May 2011
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Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 Bay Area Peninsula |
Welcome to Seven Forums bartonmaru. What browser are you using? When you click install, you should get a download dialog asking you to run or save. A Guy | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8
Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 4 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Noctua's
Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracudaź 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
Antivirus Avast
Browser Opera
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09 May 2011
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Guy, I am using the old standby, Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16. I never get the run or save dialog box. I click install, and nothing happens. And after a few trys I give up.
Thank you, Barton. | | My System Specs | | |
09 May 2011
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 Bay Area Peninsula |
I rarely use FF, but when I clicked install I get this dialog: 
What happens if you press Ctrl+j ? Does the gadget show in your downloads? On Tools> Options screen, where do you have downloads set to download to? Did you look there? 
A Guy | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
CPU INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
Motherboard ASUS P7P55D
Memory KINGSTON 4GB (2 x 2GB) HyperX PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8
Graphics Card MSI N240GT-MD1G/D5 GeForce GT 240 1GB 128-bit GDDR5
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster B2430H 24"
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
PSU ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
Case ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
Cooling COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 4 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Noctua's
Hard Drives Intel X25M Gen2 80GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracudaź 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
Internet Speed 20 + Mbps
Antivirus Avast
Browser Opera
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10 May 2011
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You could try right click and save as to kind of forcefully download the file. Once you get the file you can just double click it to install it. I usually save all my gadgets so I can install them again if I reload anyhow and that is how I do it. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom
OS Win7 64bit Ultimate
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5
Memory CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866 DDR3
Graphics Card XFX HD-697A-CNDC Radeon HD6970 2GB 256-bit
Sound Card Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Edition
Monitor(s) Displays Dual 25 Inch Hanns-G HZ251
Screen Resolution 1920x1080 X 2
Keyboard Kensington (Low-Profile)
Mouse Creative Fatal1ty
PSU Corsair 850W Single Rail
Case Thermaltake V9 BlacX w/ Dual HDD Docking Station
Cooling Air lots and lots of air and copper...
Internet Speed 15Gbit (15 Down 5 Up)
Other Info XIGMATEK HDT-S1284F 120mm HYPRO Bearing CPU Cooler, LG Blu-Ray Burner.
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10 May 2011
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Guy,
I just tried to download the HAL 9000 Gadget. There is no download activity happening at all. My Downloads Folder has no new items, Nor the does the programs files (x86)\windows sidebar\gadgets folder [except the ones loaded with Win 7.
Barton | | My System Specs | | |
10 May 2011
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Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Have you tried downloading with Windows Internet Explorer ?
Can you DL this SF Clock Gadget attachment ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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10 May 2011
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Make sure nothing is interfering, such as an add-on like No-Script, if you have it installed.
Have you tried in a different browser, say IE?
What are the results of that? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler
Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus None
Browser Firefox Nightly
Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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10 May 2011
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Dear Doc Brown & Airbot, I am ashamed to admit it, but I have just turned traitor to Mozilla: I tried IE, that came with my computer, and Lo! Behold! We have download! It a darn shame folks need two web browsers just to used the internet.
Thank you both,
Barton | | My System Specs | | |
10 May 2011
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Works OK for me in Firefox 4.0.1, and IE9, so might be some issue (addon) or something with your Firefox install.
At least you can get them downloaded though. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler
Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus None
Browser Firefox Nightly
Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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