You have a customer who makes extensive use of the Windows S

You have a customer who makes extensive use of the Windows Sidebar tool in Windows Vista to dock features such as Calendar, Contacts, and Stocks. He has upgraded his computer to Windows 7 and now can’t find the Sidebar. What do you tell him?

A. The Sidebar is present but hidden. Launch it from the Control Panel.

B. The Windows Vista Sidebar is present in Windows 7 as the Windows Gadget Platform.

C. The Windows Sidebar feature is absent from Windows 7 but can be added for a fee.

D. The Windows Sidebar feature was removed from Windows 7, and there is no replacement feature.

Solution

Option B. is correct. In windows 7, sidebar feature of windows Vista is converted to gadgets. Here in, a user can add floating gadgets to the desktop by right clicking on the desktop. Even the gadgets can be aligned to form a sidebar like in Vista.