How to use Windows Vista Sidebar

This will show you how to use the Windows Vista Sidebar. It shows how to add gadgets, close gadgets, and open and close the sidebar.

My most viewed and highest rated video. I tried to cover every detail, and I hope I did it well. Thanks to those who commented, rated, and subscribed. Please send me new topics so I can create more tutorials.

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Entertainment

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• Vista
• Windows
• Howto
• DIY
• Lesson
• Tutorial
• Microsoft
• Sidebar
• Side
• Bar
• Gadgets
• CPU
• Battery
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[chuckie14469]

Hey erick question whats the name of the song and the singer? I want to get it for my ipod...and your videos are helpful becuase i understand vista as much as mac...which is not alot

[erickj92]

All songs should be in the credits. Thank for saying my videos are helpful, it really means a lot to me. :)

[malick13]

how many gadgets can we show in same time on the sidebar ??

[erickj92]

It all depends on the gadget you are adding. Some gadgets take more room then others. Just experiment with it, and see what you can do with it. Actually, if I'm not mistaken, you can have multiple pages of gadgets on the sidebar.

[heyheyjude]

i DID find the icon by doing a search yesterday and i checked properties; the 'start sidebar' was already UNchecked, so go figure...:-(. i can't for the life of me understand why it's there. i moved the 3 gadgets on there to my desktop but when i go to play the game, the right side of the screen is just the black bar. and, this is a new computer! do you reckon something's wrong?

[erickj92]

did you close out of it? by right clicking and hitting exit? i dont think anything is wrong...

[Kelly14UK]

2ND comment. Eventually the internet told me to right click to remove ( FGS!) , now I don't know how to re apply it. Someone help cos Accessories isn't helping me here at all. The options via Properties just aren't providing the necessary stuff to click/ unclick.

[Kelly14UK]

I'm Vista. How the hell to I re apply it after last night's update?

A few days ago, I took the sidebar down for the bugger of it, and put my gadgets to the left. Power To The People.

But last night's update slapped the sidebar back all over about ten icons, making half of them impossible to access. Luckily my internet was to the left and could be pulled out. But that How To Geek thing gave different advice from the other day, was dated 2007, and the Properties via Accessories had CHANGED.

[dendecmaartens]

thanks! the video was on 0:30 and i fixed it alreally! thanks

[danieldvs100]

subbed. um, how did u get that blue box 2 pop up @ 0:48?

[GTAasker]

@erickj92 How do you make the battery meter to 85%? mine is either 100% or 0%!

[pokeballs456]

on task bar by the way

[pokeballs456]

easy to exit ppl just go to bottom right corrner and right clik the windows gadget ico and close.If this help pllz sub :)

[acerb45666555]

it froze my system! i want to get rid of it. how is it deleted?

[KingKKCTheBest]

Thx