In fact, it was way back in July of 2010 that Microsoft recommended everyone disable the Win7 Desktop Gadgets!īy Windows 8, the logic was that the start screen would give you everything you wanted, whether it was a weather widget, a clock, a stock ticker or anything else. It was definitely a really cool concept and there were a number of slick widgets people created, but there was one major issue that caused Microsoft to drop it from Windows 8: security. Ah yes, the old Desktop Widgets and side panel from Windows 7 days.
