20 Handy Gadgets For Your Windows 7 Desktop
Posted January 4, 2010 – 6:58 pm in: Windows 7 Tweaks
As you all know, Gadget feature was introduced with Vista and has been improved in Windows 7. There are hundreds of free gadgets available for the latest version of Windows, but there are very few that are very useful.
By default, Windows 7 offers several handy gadgets like such as Currency, Feed headlines, Weather, and Calendar. If you are bored or not satisfied with these gadgets, here is a list of useful gadgets for your Windows 7 desktop.
1. Q’s Drive Info:
2. Alarm Clock:
3. iPhone Battery Meter:
4. System Volume:
5. Network meter:
6. Launch Control:
7. Search Google , Bing, Yahoo:
8. Auto Shutdown:
9. Talking Clock:
10. Tweetz:
11. Drive Buddy: Insert/eject your CD/DVD drive quickly.
12. Adsensor:
13. Language Translator:
14. Outlook Info:
15. Beaker CPU Meter:
16. Toggle Hidden Files: Toggle between show/hide hidden files.
17. Notebook Info:
18. 9 skin battery meter:
19. Wifi Monitor:
20. Minimize: Use this to quickly minimize and restore windows.
Note: These are third-party gadgets. To install a gadget, download and then double-click on the gadget to see the gadget start working.
Tags: Gadgets for Windows 7, Windows 7 Gadgets
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So if you are planning to purchase a 64-bit Windows 7 copy and would like to know if your system is ready for the same or not, you can use the tiny BITS tool. BITS is a portable tool for Windows 7, Vista and XP to know your system’s compatibility with 64-bit Windows.
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Weather Center is an awesome application to view the current weather conditions in a jiffy. The tool displays the current temperature in the system tray area and is fully customizable.
Upon running the tool for the first time, you will be given an opportunity to to setup the tool by entering your current location. Once done, you can view the current temperature in system tray area and also can view addition information such as dew point, sun rise time, sun set time, humidity and more by opening Weather Center window.
Key features:
- Up-to-date weather information
- Weather alert options
- Weather data format
Rafael Rivera and Zheng have released a handy application for Windows 7 called Geosense, a Windows Sensor, that provides the Location and Sensors platform in Windows 7 with accurate and reasonably ubiquitous positioning information without requiring or the assistance of GPS hardware, enabling more practical location-based applications and scenarios on Windows 7.
Geosense is available for both x86 & x64 versions of Windows 7. You can download the setup file from the link mentioned below. More information is available at the Geosense download page.