- Sticky Notes. Jotting down notes can sometimes be necessary for a lot of people but they know that they are unable to write anything because they do not have paper. Do remember that with the use of this tools & utility gadget, placing notes will be much easier. People use them in order to place reminders or sometimes important dates wherein people’s.
- Sticky Notes. No need to worry anymore since you can do sticky notes to do the same tasks. Place your to-do list or maybe even put the phone numbers and emails of people you have to communicate with. You can always make new notes and delete old ones easily. Just make sure you won’t delete a note that you still need.
It's pretty weird that Microsoft replaced the sticky notes gadget from Vista with a less configurable sticky notes application in Windows 7. Wednesday, September 15, 2010 7:58 AM Reply.
As you all know, Gadgets were introduced with Vista and are present in Windows 7 as well. Gadgets are helpful to quickly view various information right on your desktop. By default, Windows 7 offers several handy gadgets like such as Currency, Feed headlines, Weather, and Calendar out of the box.
There are thousands of free gadgets available on the web for the latest version of Windows, but most of them are not so good. So, it’s really a tedious job to find out good, useful gadgets for your Windows 7.
A couple of months back, we covered a few gadgets pack for Windows 7, including Glass gadget pack, and 10 awesome Aero glass gadgets. While most of the gadgets in these gadget packs are gorgeous, when you install the gadget pack, the installer installs all gadgets, including the not so great ones. So, if you’re bored with the default set of Windows 7 gadgets and looking for some useful gadgets, check out the following list to download some useful gadgets for your Windows 7 desktop.
Windows 7 Note Gadgets
20 useful gadgets for Windows 7
UPDATE on April 19, 2013: Microsoft has removed all these gadgets from Windows Live Gallery page. So none of the below-mentioned gadgets are available for download.
1. Q’s Drive Info:
Download
2. Alarm Clock:
Download
3. iPhone Battery Meter:
Download
4. System Volume:
Download
5. Network meter:
Download
6. Launch Control:
Download
7. Search Google , Bing, Yahoo:
Download
8. Auto Shutdown:
Download
9. Talking Clock:
Download
10. Tweetz:
Download
11. Drive Buddy: Insert/eject your CD/DVD drive quickly.
Download
12. Adsensor:
Download
13. Language Translator:
Download
14. Outlook Info:
Download
15. Beaker CPU Meter:
Download
16. Toggle Hidden Files: Toggle between show/hide hidden files.
Download
17. Notebook Info:
Download
18. 9 skin battery meter:
Download
19. Wifi Monitor:
Download
20. Minimize: Use this to quickly minimize and restore windows.
Download
Sticky Notes Widget Windows
UPDATE: It turns out that Microsoft no longer supports desktop gadgets. In fact, it has dropped gadgets from Windows 8 operating system. At the same time, Microsoft has retired Windows Live Gallery page, the download source for all above-mentioned gadgets.
Note: These are third-party gadgets. To install a gadget, download and then double-click on the gadget to see the gadget start working.
If you are on Windows 10, don’t forget to check out our get desktop gadgets in Windows 10 article.
There is no imminent shortage of sticky notes apps for Windows. They come as desktop apps, gadgets, and add-ons. Most are free; some are portable. Some merely provide a quick-and-easy way to pin reminders to the desktop. Others try to replicate the look of paper sticky notes but with enhanced features. That describes 7 Sticky Notes, a free sticky notes program that uses shading and highlighting to give its notes a realistic 3D look.
The program gave us two installation options, Normal or Portable. We chose the standard installation, but Sticky Notes would make a great portable tool, combining versatility with a small footprint. Sticky Notes opened with two associated windows: the note field, which displayed an intro message, and the Note Configuration Window, a compact dialog with tabs for quickly configuring Fonts, Style, and Alarms, the latter with a Sleep Setup option. We typed a note using the default font, Segoe Print, which resembles handwriting, only legible. Clicking the green check mark saved our changes, closed the Configuration Window, and rolled up our note to a minimized size displaying the date and time it was created and the first line of our message. Right-clicking the note let us edit, resize, copy, or delete it, among other choices. The program's system tray icon serves as central command. Clicking the icon changed color and displayed or hid the notes on the desktop. We could also open the Notes Manager, a tree view-based tool, and the General Settings, a much more detailed and extensive properties sheet that let us configure not only how our notes looked and behaved but also set up synching and other options. Clicking the Help button opened a Web-based help site, including screenshots. The keyboard shortcuts proved the fastest way to do things, once we'd learned them.
Some sticky notes apps stand apart from the crowd. That's the case with 7 Sticky Notes, which has plenty of options but is extremely easy to use. We especially like the ability to show and hide our notes with a click, which let us use all the notes we needed without totally obscuring our desktop.
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There is no imminent shortage of sticky notes apps for Windows. They come as desktop apps, gadgets, and add-ons. Most are free; some are portable. Some merely provide a quick-and-easy way to pin reminders to the desktop. Others try to replicate the look of paper sticky notes but with enhanced features. That describes 7 Sticky Notes, a free sticky notes program that uses shading and highlighting to give its notes a realistic 3D look.
The program gave us two installation options, Normal or Portable. We chose the standard installation, but Sticky Notes would make a great portable tool, combining versatility with a small footprint. Sticky Notes opened with two associated windows: the note field, which displayed an intro message, and the Note Configuration Window, a compact dialog with tabs for quickly configuring Fonts, Style, and Alarms, the latter with a Sleep Setup option. We typed a note using the default font, Segoe Print, which resembles handwriting, only legible. Clicking the green check mark saved our changes, closed the Configuration Window, and rolled up our note to a minimized size displaying the date and time it was created and the first line of our message. Right-clicking the note let us edit, resize, copy, or delete it, among other choices. The program's system tray icon serves as central command. Clicking the icon changed color and displayed or hid the notes on the desktop. We could also open the Notes Manager, a tree view-based tool, and the General Settings, a much more detailed and extensive properties sheet that let us configure not only how our notes looked and behaved but also set up synching and other options. Clicking the Help button opened a Web-based help site, including screenshots. The keyboard shortcuts proved the fastest way to do things, once we'd learned them.
Some sticky notes apps stand apart from the crowd. That's the case with 7 Sticky Notes, which has plenty of options but is extremely easy to use. We especially like the ability to show and hide our notes with a click, which let us use all the notes we needed without totally obscuring our desktop.