With the release of the seventh version of the Windows operating system, users have the opportunity to display a variety of indicators on the desktop. With the help of gadgets, you can see on the screen: the battery level of the laptop, the quality of the wireless connection, the incoming and outgoing network traffic, the load of the processor and RAM, and many other system information.
Instructions
Step 1
To activate the indicator you need, right-click on the desktop and select the "Gadgets" command from the context menu. In the dialog box that opens, you are unlikely to find many different gadgets - there are very few preinstalled gadgets, only the most necessary (according to the developers). But you can expand the list.
Step 2
To do this, click on the link "Find gadgets on the Internet" located in the lower right part of the dialog box. A browser will open and you will be redirected to the official Microsoft website, where you will be asked to select gadgets. To display the application you like, download and run the installation file. The gadget is automatically added to the list, and an indicator appears on the desktop.
Step 3
If you did not find what you wanted on the official website of the developers, use the suggestions of other software authors. For example, the sites www.sevengadgets.ru and www.wingadget.ru have large collections of various indicators of system processes, as well as other useful gadgets. Choose a category, download several different options, try them in action and keep for yourself such applications that will fully satisfy your needs.
Step 4
If you are using an earlier version of Windows, you can download and install the free Thoosje Windows 7 Sidebar software. With its help, you will get access to system data through indicators identical to gadgets in Windows 7. You can download the program on the official website of the developers at https://www.thoosje.com/windows-7-sidebar-for-xp-and-vista.html.
