What windows 7 gadgets are you using?

[MrMatt]

The only one I'm using is the All CPU meter...anyone find any useful gadgets for W7?

 

[lxskllr]

A lot of the same ones for Vista will work with 7. I'm still using Vista so I can't give you specifics, but try them out and see which ones work.

Edit:
Here's most of the gadgets I'm using. I also have a Kit-Kat clock, moon phase gadget, and radio on my desktop. The CAD gadget no longer works because they updated their site, and I got rid of the dictionary gadget.

 

[sivart]

None, only running Windows 7 on my HTPC

 

[Skitzer]

None, waste of resources.

 

[ockky]

Weather and All CPU Meter...but i'm about to check out the foobar2000 one that lxskllr is using

 

[aceO07]

All CPU Meter. Unfortunately the selection of gadgets is small..

 

[WelshBloke]

GPU monitor (links in to riva tuner), Clock, Calender, Weather, Windows Media center and currency converter.

 

[Zargon]

clock, weather, cpu meter, and network stat meter

need to put the gpumon like welshbloke has on my other machine that has a gts260

 

[billyb0b]

none here... i don't like the clutter and get to everything i need just fine via web

 

[nerp]

Clock, moon phase, all cpu meter, weather.

 

[Daedalus685]

Calender, clock, and weather.

If I am playing a full screen game I will sometimes throw up one of the sports tickers.. but in all reality an open window of Firefox with CBC up is more useful than most gadgets (except the clock, I love the clock).

 

[Scotteq]

The standard ones are... well... Basic (to be charitable).

I have a system gadget that's part of Everest Ultimate which is configurable for all of the loads, temperatures, and voltages you may care to keep an eye one. i.e. load/temp for each CPU core, memory voltage/speed/usage, and voltages/temps/loads forthe GPUs. Very Nice.


System idle:


Playing a game:

 

[lxskllr]

The standard ones are... well... Basic (to be charitable).

I have a system gadget that's part of Everest Ultimate which is configurable for all of the loads, temperatures, and voltages you may care to keep an eye one. i.e. load/temp for each CPU core, memory voltage/speed/usage, and voltages/temps/loads forthe GPUs. Very Nice.


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That's too much information. It's hard to get the info that matters in a glance. GPU temp, and CPU temp are all you need to know on a day to day basis. Once you've checked your system for Vdroop, you shouldn't have to look at the voltages again. If they're anything other than what they're supposed to be, you have problems.

 

[zagood]

Remote Desktop, clock, and GPUmonitor.

 

[corkyg]

None. Active gadgets really slow down the boot/load time. For the info they provide, there are more efficient solutions.

 

[Scotteq]

That's too much information. It's hard to get the info that matters in a glance. GPU temp, and CPU temp are all you need to know on a day to day basis. Once you've checked your system for Vdroop, you shouldn't have to look at the voltages again. If they're anything other than what they're supposed to be, you have problems.

I agree it's busy to look at, but how do I know if I have problems if I don't look? Anyways - If someone wants less information or to change the colors/fonts, that's all configurable. The standard ones just don't give the information I want.

 

[Gooberlx2]

clock, calendar, weather, some imap email checker, a CPU/mem monitor.

Most of the gadgets in MS's gallery site really look like utter shit. Is there a better place to get them?

 

[lxskllr]

clock, calendar, weather, some imap email checker, a CPU/mem monitor.

Most of the gadgets in MS's gallery site really look like utter shit. Is there a better place to get them?

I wouldn't mind knowing that myself. You can make your own out of html gadgets from websites, so that might be some help. Your best bet may be to modify the existing gadgets so they do what you want.

 

[GaryJohnson]

Pandora Gadget: http://www.pandora.com/on-windowsgadget