Widgets

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 07/26/2019 at 15:42 • Filed to: None

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In Windows 7, there were Widgets. In Window 10, there are no Widgets. Is there anything analogous that will do the same thing?

and 100 more > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2019 at 16:00

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There’s an app called Rainmeter that allows you do have widgets, but if i recall, it’s not terribly intuitive.

But looking it up so i could verify the name, i happened across this:

https://win10widgets.com/

ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2019 at 16:32

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Wasn’t there a huge security flaw with those Windows 7 widgets?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy 07/26/2019 at 17:07

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So I've read. I thought there might be something new and safe.

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/26/2019 at 22:37

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I feel like you’re just supposed to go back to running programs instead of widgets...

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 13:15

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As mentioned, MS abandoned their widgets due to huge security flaws that they couldn’t seem to patch. I’ve used Rainmeter for years to get easy to read (from across the room ) weather details on my HTPCs.

https://www.rainmeter.net/

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 07/27/2019 at 14:41

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I've heard of Rainmeter, even downloaded it at one point. I need to look more closely at it.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 15:07

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Just remember that tons of people make skins ( tools) that can improve and add new features to the Rainmeter core. It's a multi-step process to get the functionality you want. Has the feeling of getting things setup for a Linux machine. Takes some time to get it right.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 07/27/2019 at 15:30

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Anything I do will be rudimentary. A calendar, basically. Maybe a CPU meter. Like what I showed on Win7 in my initial post.

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/27/2019 at 15:55

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This might be what you're looking for.

https://www.deviantart.com/lysy1993lbn/art/CPU-RAM-Gauge-268612337

https://www.deviantart.com/sephirotess/art/Calendar-without-extra-days-VR1-1-785700115

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 07/27/2019 at 16:59

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Thank you. I will check into it.