Give your PC some personality with Sidebar gadgets from Windows Live Gallery

Chances are you have more than one schedule to keep track of—your work appointments, your social life, your family’s schedule—and lots of things you need to get done on a daily basis. Use Windows Live Gallery gadgets for your Sidebar to keep up with all of those different aspects of your life at once. For example, you can display your calendar on Sidebar with one of many calendar gadgets, or you can use the Outlook Upcoming Appointments gadget to keep track of where you need to go next.

Try a ToDo List gadget. You can easily keep track of everything you need to get done for work and for your personal life, and no matter how busy you are, you’ll always have your list in plain sight on your desktop. You can even rearrange the tasks as your day goes on. You can download the Sidebar ToDo List gadget from the Windows Live Gallery website.

Your computer shouldn’t always be about work—sometimes it’s about having fun. Use Windows Live Gallery to find your favorite games like Sudoku and poker, a picture or comic strip that makes you laugh, and gadgets for sports scores, quotes of the day, or any other information you want to have at your fingertips.

Try the Polaroid photo slide show gadget. You can show off the latest pictures of your children, your pets, your vacations, or alternate between all three. Plus you can add captions to each photo in your slide show and shuffle through the images, just to keep things interesting. You’ll have more bragging points on your desktop than anyone with a single measly wallpaper picture. You can download the Polaroid photo slide show gadget from the Windows Live Gallery website.

Are you constantly checking to see if your favorite blogs have been updated or who’s sending you an instant message? Are you always the first one to e-mail a link to the latest and greatest Internet video? Windows Live Gallery offers gadgets to help keep yourself current with multimedia. You can download all of the blog feeds, IM gadgets, and music players you need to become the most media-savvy person around.

Try the iSee gadget. iSee is an all-in-one video gadget for your desktop—you can watch videos from various websites, subscribe to podcast feeds, and search for the newest and most popular content. You can download the iSee gadget from the Windows Live Gallery website.

You want to get out and do something this weekend—or at least you would if you knew what was going on. Windows Live Gallery gadgets can help you keep up with your local scene. Download the Movie Ticket Finder to see what’s coming soon to a theater near you and find out which showtimes fit your schedule. Or if you don’t feel like leaving the house, you can get Netflix and TV listings gadgets to help you indulge your inner couch potato.

Try the OnTour gadget. You can scroll through lists of the upcoming concerts in your area and order tickets for the ones you don’t want to miss. Plus you can use OnTour to sample new music and link to an online music store of your choice. Now your problem won’t be coming up with something to do, it’ll be finding the time to fit it all in. You can download the OnTour gadget from the Windows Live Gallery website.

If you're ready to start planning a vacation (or you're just ready to think about planning one), you can research, book, and coordinate every aspect of your trip online. Download travel-related gadgets to track the very latest airfare and hotel deals for your destination of choice, or download detailed maps and the latest traffic reports to plan your ultimate road trip—or just your commute home.

Try the Windows Mobile Traveler’s Toolkit gadget. The Traveler’s Toolkit is a one-stop travel planning accessory that provides you with weather forecasts for your destination city, your flight status, a city guide, and more. Plus you can e-mail trip information to yourself when you’re on the road. You can download the Traveler's Toolkit gadget from the Windows Live Gallery website.