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Windows Vista Tutorial Zone

With Windows Vista, Microsoft made significant investments in connecting people to information so they could work in smarter ways. This is essential for the enterprise and Windows Sidebar is a catalyst to materialize this vision.

PowerGadgets is not only capable of retrieving data from many sources like PowerShell scripts, databases and web services, without requiring user interaction of any kind, but it also provides a powerful real-time engine that periodically updates gadgets allowing PowerGadgets to act as a full-featured monitoring solution in Vista Sidebar!

Windows Vista and PowerGadgets will dramatically improve how your organization uses its essential knowledge and resources. In addition, PowerGadgets helps people find and use information quickly and easily, consuming less system resources and connecting people with information without the need for a browser or complex client-server applications.

In addition, authoring gadgets in PowerGadgets Creator is a breeze! Just manipulate properties to configure the aesthetical and functional aspects of your gadget. As you interact with the UI, PowerGadgets will apply complex painting (minimizing ink) and resize algorithms that will make your gadget look aesthetical pleasing, even when it's displayed in the reduced screen space provided by Windows Sidebar.

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Video Tutorials

• Add Gadgets to Sidebar | 1:07 Mins

  This movie shows how to add PowerGadgets to the Windows Vista Sidebar and populate them via a PowerShell prompt. You can add real-time charts, gauges and maps to the Windows Sidebar.

• Expand Gadgets | 0:48 Mins

  This movie shows the data analysis capabilities of a chart gadget when you expand it in Windows Vista. You can even export gadgets to other Windows productivity tools like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Gadget Options | 0:38 Mins

  This movie shows how to customize Sidebar gadgets via the Options menu. A wealth of styles and colors can be easily applied to your gadgets.

• Multiple Gadgets | 2:19 Mins

  This movie shows how to author and group gadgets to save Sidebar and Desktop space. PowerGadgets displays a VCR-style control so you can easily navigate gadgets in a group.

• Create a Chart Gadget | 2:11 Mins

  This movie shows how to create a chart gadget that connects to a corporate database and updates in real-time. The gadget also provides full interaction improving data analysis capabilities.

• Create a Gauge Gadget | 3:39 Mins

  This movie shows how to create a gauge that displays real-time CPU Usage from a WMI class via a PowerShell script inside the PowerGadgets creator. As an added bonus you will learn how to setup gauge stripes and digital panels to improve the gadget readability.