Introducing "Gadget Corner" -- The Windows Vista Sidebar Blog

The Windows Sidebar Team has launched their very own blog called "Gadget Corner."  Here, team members take turns writing blog posts addressing topics relevant to Windows Sidebar and desktop Gadgets.

Windows Sidebar Program Manager Brian Teutsch has recently made a post outlining security within the Sidebar.  Windows Sidebar actually interacts with User Access Control (UAC) and other security features in Windows Vista to ensure that desktop Gadgets used with Windows Sidebar do not compromise a user's PC (would you believe it even works with Parental Controls?).  Brian discusses in great detail the measures involved in keeping Windows Sidebar and its Gadgets safe for the Windows Vista user.

For system administrators, Brian's post also discusses the use of Group Policies to keep Windows Sidebar secure in a corporate environment in which these are implemented.

Keep your eyes peeled for upcoming posts from the Sidebar Team on their new blog!


Comments

  1. someone
    Posted on: September 05, 2006 at 9:28AM  
    looks like this blog was existing from Aug 7..why isn't it getting listed in search results in any of the search engines? Also, is there a blog for: Aero, Windows Calendar, ReadyBoost-ReadyDrive and SuperFetch, MMC and MMC-based apps?
  2. Posted on: September 05, 2006 at 6:49PM  
    The "Gadget Corner" blog may have been internal-only for a few weeks before going public.

    You can also use the search features for TechNet and MSDN to find other blogs out there in the public.

    http://blogs.msdn.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?q=ReadyBoost&o=Relevance

    As for Windows Calendar, that team does not have a official blog but you may want to pay special attention to Shawn Morrissey's blog: http://blog.shawnlmorrissey.com/

    - Brandon
  3. Ashwin
    Posted on: September 05, 2006 at 8:08PM  
    Sidebar, can you give me the link to where i can report bugs? I found one in Media Center. The bu gis that the sound repeats. Its like scenes changing but there is one same dialogue repeating. its like me saying "you are", and than it repeating continuosly althought, the scene changes. Than after a couple of seconds later after you are, lets say, comes, "stupid book". its going to repeat that for like 5 seconds and this chain continuos. This is build 5536 watching live TV. Plus the media center seems to lag too much. Here are the specs of my computer:
    Intel Core 2 duo E6400
    2GB ram
    Nvidia 7300LE
    660GB HDD
    PS = this does not happen when I watch recorded videos. Hopefully they would have fixed that by 7th september, when the CPP members get access to RC1. They hopefully fixed it in RC1.
  4. Posted on: September 06, 2006 at 1:34AM  
    You can report bugs and feedback via this site if you are not on the Technical Beta Program through Microsoft Connect:
    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/sentiments/default.mspx

    This site is for the CPP folks to submit bugs and feedback from their experiences with Vista.

    Hope this helps.
  5. Posted on: January 31, 2007 at 11:16AM  

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  6. Posted on: September 09, 2007 at 3:15PM  

    Can I change the the background on my sidebar

  7. Posted on: September 12, 2007 at 7:40PM  

    Hey JohnFlynn:  you're not able to change the background look of the Sidebar to my knowledge; but, you can find out more on how to customize it here:  http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/d471a027-1944-44a2-a294-bdc74e03168e1033.mspx#E5C.

  8. Posted on: November 14, 2007 at 10:44PM  

    OK, if there is no way to change the look of the Sidebar, what do I do about this situation:

    For one user only, the background of the Sidebar has changed from a continuation of the overall desktop background to just white. Changing desktop backgrounds does not fix this.

  9. Posted on: November 15, 2007 at 12:39AM  

    Hey vistoid:  it sounds like the first place to start troubleshooting this issue is at the graphics driver -- make sure you have the latest one from the graphics card vendor.  If this does not resolve the matter, then I'd post your question to one of our public newsgroups for further help.

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