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  2. Windows Desktop Gadgets - Wikipedia

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    Windows Desktop Gadgets (called Windows Sidebar in Windows Vista) is a discontinued widget engine for Microsoft Gadgets. Desktop Gadgets have been replaced by Windows 10 Taskbar Widgets. It was introduced with Windows Vista, in which it features a sidebar anchored to the side of the desktop. Its widgets can perform various tasks, such as ...

  3. Microsoft Gadgets - Wikipedia

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    Web gadgets – run on a web site, such as Bing.com or Spaces.; Sidebar gadgets – run on the desktop or be docked onto, run on the Windows Sidebar.; SideShow gadgets – run on auxiliary external displays, such as on the outside of a laptop or even on an LCD panel in a keyboard, and potentially mobile phones and other devices.

  4. List of features removed in Windows XP - Wikipedia

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    With the Desktop Themes utility in 2000 becoming the Themes tab in Display Properties in XP, the Rotate theme monthly option in Desktop Themes, which was introduced in Microsoft Plus! 98 and later included in Windows 2000 and Me, and both the options to select what parts of a theme to apply and the previews for parts of a theme were removed.

  5. List of alternative shells for Windows - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of software that provides an alternative graphical user interface for Microsoft Windows operating systems. The technical term for this interface is a shell. Windows' standard user interface is the Windows shell; Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1x have a different shell, called Program Manager. The programs in this list do not restyle ...

  6. Active Desktop - Wikipedia

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    The component was retained in Windows XP [6] but was replaced by a feature named Windows Sidebar in Windows Vista. [7] Sidebar in turn was called Windows Desktop Gadgets in Windows 7, which also allows components to be added to the desktop, but it was also discontinued due to security issues.

  7. StyleXP - Wikipedia

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    StyleXP is a computer program designed to modify the graphical user interface of Windows XP. [1] As of version 3.19 features include modifying themes, explorer bar, backgrounds, logon screens, icons, boot screens, transparency, cursors and screensavers.

  8. DeskSpace - Wikipedia

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    Deskspace is the first desktop manager to make the cube-style desktop feature available on Microsoft Windows. [citation needed] DeskSpace makes use of and requires DirectX 8.1 [1] in contrast to most other virtual desktop managers that use OpenGL. It supports up to nine monitors. [2]

  9. Windows XP Media Center Edition - Wikipedia

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    It is the second version of Windows XP Media Center based on Windows XP Service Pack 2, after Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. To determine the underlying edition of Windows XP on which a particular revision of MCE is based, the System Properties Control Panel applet can be used. To determine the revision of MCE that is being used, select ...