any negatives about using MS desktop gadgets?

[joko]

do they affect perfomance or anything?

thanks

[SlackAlice]

They do use resources to run, but it's not a lot. The only problem is if your marginal on resources available. You can always try them out and if they slow your machine down you can turn them off and delete them.

I use windows sidebar gadgets, currently three running
1) countdown clock to an important event
2) Clock set to UK time
3) Clock set to Bangkok time (Son lives out there)
The resources they use are negligible, but I've got a high spec pc and it doesn't cause a problem.

[joko]

woudl some items use more than others?

is there anyway on the machine to actually look how much theyre using?

thanks

[Buenchico]

You can see what processing power any particular application is using by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete to enter the task manager, and then clicking on 'Processes'. Look under the 'CPU' column to see what percentage of the available processing power each process is using. (I'd be surprised if anything in Windows Gadgets ever got above 1%. You might find that the CPU usage is so low that the figure is actually rounded to 0%).