Fresh! Trial Report of Vista sidebar in XP System

Windows Vista sidebarProgramIt can be said to be mixed. It has existed since Longhorn's early development stage. However, it was not what it was today, and its appearance and functions were very similar to that of Google's sidebar.

In fact, it is said that after Microsoft demonstrated this design, Google soon launched the sidebar with the desktop search product. It can be said that Google learned from Microsoft. Google steals Microsoft. However, Microsoft and Apple are like this. Learn from each other ......

Later, after the Longhorn client was named Vista, the sidebar was canceled for a while, and the sidebar escaped in the final stage. It was not broken together with many excellent features. Finally, the sidebar will be released with the official version. In addition, it is said that Microsoft developed the XP version when developing the edge bar of Vista, but there was only one external test, and then there was no news.

However, it doesn't matter. This time wbpluto brings you the "Windows Sidebar" component extracted from Windows Vista, because it is a real Windows Vista program rather than a simulation, so we can download various Sidebar Gadgets developed by many fans for users from the Microsoft website!

I. Installation

The installation is simple, but pay attention to the following points:

1. Internet Explorer 7 must be installed in the system; otherwise, some gadgets cannot run normally (click to download IE ).

2. Install “sidebar_xp-extras.exe "(required English font and VC ++ 8.0 Runtime Library );

3. Install “sidebar_xp-install.exe "(Windows Sidebar main program );

(This file is created and downloaded by wbpluto): windows_sidebar_xp

Don't worry, only IE7 must be installed on its own, and the next two download packages are available.
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