Having just installed IE11, I find the standard W7 weather gadget and CPU/RAM meter are broken. A quick web search reveals this is/could be deliberate on the part of MS.
What are the free alternatives for these ? The CPU/RAM meter in particular was very useful to see at a glance whether anything was happening that shouldn't be.
Running W7 x64 in 64 bit mode for IE
Microsoft issued a notice, at least two years ago, to not use the gadgets due to potential security issues. In fact Microsoft no longer supports them.
I used to have the CPU meter, which I found helpful in my recording studio applications. I haven't found anything that does what it did.
Microsoft Security Advisory (2719662): Vulnerabilities in Gadgets Could Allow Remote Code Execution
In lieu of a desktop gadget perhaps you could make use of the built-in Resource Monitor to keep track of CPU and RAM. Probably not as convenient as a gadget but maybe better than nothing. Same for a weather desktop app. Some reputable sites include The Weather Channel, NOAA, and local TV stations may offer their own apps.
Resource Monitor
The Weather Channel App for Windows with Current Conditions, Local Alerts, and Radar
NOAA's Weather and Climate Toolkit (Viewer and Data Exporter)
Rainmeter, desktop customization tool is a very good alternative to gadgets and there are thousands of skins available.
Jerry
Thanks for the suggestions marsmimar. One from "weather underground" was suggested to me earlier and I've just been trying that briefly.
I was actually wondering whether IE11 download breaks those two gadgets in some way (breaks... as in you could copy a fresh version back) or whether it really is IE11 that just won't run them and the original gadgets are left intact.
Thanks for those suggestions though :)
There is a current thread on the Cakewalk Sonar forum of a user that installed Rainmeter and now cannot add programs to the task bar.
I just did some testing in VMware with a fresh install of Windows 7 64-bit and also an older install of 32-bit and I just updated both to IE 11 and the gadgets work just fine. Not saying I know what to fix is the it does work for me. If you're up to it try a clean install and let it update and try the gadgets again.
Jerry
That is a distinct possibility. I had a major play this morning and tried copy and pasting working gadgets into the appropriate system folder but IE11 won't play ball. I tried some gadgets from Thoosje which were loaded with unwanted junk/malware. A pity because there is a really good CPU meter there. At this point I wasn't bothered (because I would revert back with Acronis) so I looked out the designer of the gadget I liked and found it on Softpedia but it was a later version and seemed a little resource hungry. I'm used to seeing the CPU hovering around 1 or 2% and not having fans running and that wasn't quite the case.
Afraid I've no idea what I would be looking at there (or even where to look)
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