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Gadget issue in Win 7 Ulimate 64 bit
This is a very frustrating topic that I have read on dozens of forum postings.
I use two Win Gadgets (clock and weather) and two personal ones (CPU and Network meter). The appear whenever they feel like it after a boot up - e.g. boot up this morning they were all there. Bootup this even trying two times and they are not there. When they refuse to show up I go to control panel and click on "desktop gadgets" and nothing happens. Then I go to start ball and type in windows gadgets and three options come up "Restore desktop gadgets installed with Windows", "Add gadgets to the desktop", and "Get more gadgets". The first two do not work, but the third one takes you to this site Gadgets have been discontinued - Microsoft Windows which contains the following note
Gadgets have been discontinued
Gadgets are no longer available on our website because the Windows Sidebar platform in Windows 7 and Windows Vista has serious vulnerabilities. Microsoft has retired the feature in newer releases of Windows. Gadgets could be exploited to harm your computer, access your computer's files, show you objectionable content, or change their behavior at any time. An attacker could even use a gadget to take complete control of your PC. If you're concerned about the safety of gadgets you’ve downloaded, find out more about gadgets and steps you can take to protect your PC.
Does anyone know when this occurred. A couple of days ago I was troubleshooting this cranky issue and never found anything about gadgets no longer being offered. Does this mean somehow MS has gone into my Win 7 Ultimate and disabled them?