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Viktor2021-08-13 20:24:29
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Viktor, 2021-08-13 20:24:29

What would you recommend instead of Microsoft's deprecated sidebar gadgets?

I enjoyed using GBP in Win7, but when switching to Win8, it was announced that they are not recommended due to the security hole they create in the OS. Okay, I switched to DesktopGadgetsRevived, but it was rejected under the same pretext when switching to Win10. Then I found 8GadgetPack, supposedly specially designed for the "dozens", but it turned out that this is not entirely true - Windows disables this software from time to time (and I turn it back on). And so now I’m looking for a replacement for 8GadgetPack, but I don’t see anything as convenient (although Microsoft, closing the GBP, assured that all their functionality can supposedly be found in the MS Store).
Actually, out of the whole set of gadgets, I need only four: indicators of processor load, memory, Internet traffic, and the Clipboard Manager. The main convenience is that they do not take up much space on the Desktop and allow a barely noticeable translucent display of graphs or histograms, which is convenient to follow out of the corner of the eye for any other work or entertainment, and if you need more detailed information, just hover over the gadget .
I tried a couple of programs imprinting some system information into the transparent layer of the Desktop background, but they had a narrow functionality (only static system info, no graphs / histograms of the current state), and besides, they did not allow adjusting the transparency so as not to interfere with other activities. In general, it didn't fit.
I would even agree again to the GBP in the version recognized by Microsoft as safe, but I did not find one. Tell me if you know.

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Evgeny Fadeev, 2021-08-25
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Bginfo according to
Win+V statistics - instead of Clipboard Manager

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