Vista Squad

Windows Vista’s Sidebar is a welcome and great newcomer to our desktops, offering us a great set of customized gadgets, with the likes of:-

·        Weather Forecasts

·        Calendar

·        Clock

·        Contacts

·        CPU Meter

·        Slideshow

With many more gadgets available online, to check out the latest gadgets on offer visit:-

http://vista.gallery.microsoft.com/vista/SideBar.aspx?mkt=en-gb

To activate the Sidebar and have it grace your desktop do one the following: -

• Right Click its little icon located in the taskbar’s Notification Area (next to the “time” bottom right of your screen).
• Choose Open.
• The Sidebar will then appear on your desktop

 Or

• Click Start
• In the Search box type Sidebar click Enter

Once the Sidebar is running to view your collection of available gadgets:-

• Click the “+” sign at the top of the Sidebar
• Or right click a blank part of the Sidebar select Add Gadgets..