widgets for for Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8 for free.
Windows 8 and 8.1 Microsoft removed the desktop widgets feature for the sake of Live Tiles. Widgets are very little handy tools to check weather, share prices, latest news and much more. Xwidget is a third party program that can bring widgets to Windows 8 and 8.1.
The Xwidget program can bring widgets like clock, weather, music player and picture viewer to your Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 machine. To get started, first download the program from the Xwidget.
Click ao download for Xwidget. Open your download folder and start the installation proccess.
Be carefull. there are ads and offers ( 2 that i have seen), so decline those if wanted to.
By default the program comes with 14 widgets, which can easily set by few clicks. You can download hundreds of extra widgets from the official website.Widgets are downloaded directly from within the gallery. it will be saved in your documents->xwidgets->widget.
On your desktop, if you chose to install the shortcuts-there will be two- one is for gallary. From gallary you can download more widgets. Again be carefull what you click on. the download button for widget is a small link toward the bottom.
You can edit the widget by left clicking on it. there are lots of options and customizations to choose from. Hover on window(after left click) to change zoom, opacity, location etc..
Windows 8 and 8.1 Microsoft removed the desktop widgets feature for the sake of Live Tiles. Widgets are very little handy tools to check weather, share prices, latest news and much more. Xwidget is a third party program that can bring widgets to Windows 8 and 8.1.
The Xwidget program can bring widgets like clock, weather, music player and picture viewer to your Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 machine. To get started, first download the program from the Xwidget.
Click ao download for Xwidget. Open your download folder and start the installation proccess.
Be carefull. there are ads and offers ( 2 that i have seen), so decline those if wanted to.
By default the program comes with 14 widgets, which can easily set by few clicks. You can download hundreds of extra widgets from the official website.Widgets are downloaded directly from within the gallery. it will be saved in your documents->xwidgets->widget.
On your desktop, if you chose to install the shortcuts-there will be two- one is for gallary. From gallary you can download more widgets. Again be carefull what you click on. the download button for widget is a small link toward the bottom.
You can edit the widget by left clicking on it. there are lots of options and customizations to choose from. Hover on window(after left click) to change zoom, opacity, location etc..