Have any Vista Sidebar Gadgets that you can recommend having personally used them or have come across any that look good ? ...

post them here and we can discuss or troubleshoot within this thread too.

For those of you who connect wirelessly I recommend this neat little gadget for monitoring your wireless surroundings and connection status; Xirrus Wi-Fi gadget

Gives lots of stats and info including;

- signal strength,
- SSID, mac address, IP address etc
- also see what channels are in use close by ..... handy for those having problematic connections which could be fixed by simply using a channel diferent to your neighbour.

Wi-Fi Gadget: http://www.xirrus.com/library/wifitools.php

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Another I have come across but not yet installed is the Speed Test Monitor, which gets excellent reviews on Windows Live Gallery.
This gadget gives you an array of information of things such as;

- Ping response times
- WIFI Signal strength
- Battery Charge status
- LAN bandwidth
- Upload and download data transfers
- Upload and download data transfers

Speed Test Monitor: http://tinyurl.com/4ragvd

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Lastly, this one looks interesting .... called Reboot Router, it does exactly that ... reboot your router from the desktop with ease.
Other features include :

- One-click link to router management page
- Lock button to prevent accidental reboots
- Nightly timer to reboot each night if required

Reboot Router: http://tinyurl.com/4wv7ed


*Note; - Requires an HNAP-enabled router to run - see http://www.purenetworks.com/gadgets/routers.php for a list of supported Routers.


Anne

I've played around with a lot of gadgets, but the only one I keep is the BBC news one.

I have turned the gadget bar off but these are three little programs I have had for a long time and could not do without. all free and a couple of minutes download.

minute timer - counts down the minutes you set
wordweb - dictionary handy sitting on monitor ready to use with any program
Ccleaner (originally crapcleaner) - does just that - quickly cleans much of the crap left by all sorts.

Cheers, Zante