WINDOWS VISTA TIPS
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How to use the Side Bar
The sidebar i
s a new feature of Vista.It's a vertical
bar ,by default ,on the right side of the screen ,but you can have
it on the left,and holds
few programs called "Gadgets" you need to be online for the full functionality of these mini-programs.
Figure
1
Right click anywhere into the sidebar Choose add gadgets or click the + button at the top of the sidebar
Double click a gadget in the window or drag the gadget from the window (Figure
1 )to the sidebar
Tips
You can have multiple instances of the same gadget, like different clocks,
each one with different time zone
You can download new gadget by clicking on Get More gadgets Online
.
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Figure
2
Right click inside the Sidebar and choose property (Figure 2 ) Set the option you like and click OK
Figure
3
Figure
4
You can easily close the Sidebar but if you want to
completely close all the gadgets,even the detached ones, then you must exit the
Sidebar .
Let us see how :.
To close the Sidebar ,Right-click the
sidebar and choose Close from the dropdown menu ) To exit the Sidebar , Right-click the Window
Sidebar in the taskbar and choose exit from the
dropdown menu. To avoid the Sidebar to start automatically, go
Start/All Programs / Windows Defender and click tools (see fig 3 ). Click Software Explorer. On the next window select Microsoft Windows Sidebar on the left
pane (See Fig 4 )and click Disable and confirm when you are prompted to do so. Next time you start Vista a pop-up message will inform you that a
startup program has been blocked by Windows.
Tips
Exiting the Sidebar removes it from the desktop and the sidebar button from the taskbar
Shuts down all the gadgets so they are not using any memory
.
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