Ryan's Rapture calendar - both widget and gadget - run great. Perhaps it is the creator that makes the difference. 

I was just wondering 1) why it cared about MyColors (isn't it obsolete?) and 2) if I could get it to the ocx to register, would it work then?

i guess you already answered yourself the question... if windowblinds didnt work completely how should Mycolors ? also how in the holy did you install windows8? there is only the dev preview atm and thats uninstallable... or at least a pain in the butt to really kill it from your disk completely the consumer preview isnt even out yet..

My tip would have been updating redist packages and netframework--- BUT since there is no version for windows 8

Various tech articles suggest a "Consumer Preview" (aka Beta) on Feb. 29th during the Barcelona Mobile World Conference.

Absolutely correct, Jim. Windows 8 itself hasn't been finalized yet, so I would say there should be no expectation that SD software should work flawlessly with the new OS until it's somewhere a good deal closer to finalization. I expect that should apply to games as well. Together with that, the differences between 7 and 8 aren't 'huge' (apart from the tablet touch screen interface).

Is that the one that looks like Armani shades with the little button between the eyes?

I said that it did it on Windows --> 7 <-- also. And now that Windows 8 has gone bye-bye, it is still doing it on Windows Vista Ultimate. (the OCX thing) I also observed on the fresh install of Windows 7 on the computer that failed (which is buggy as h***) that some of the widget/gadget things, clocks, run without DesktopX. At least I got it up so I could get the files I missed before off of the drive. The format finger is wagging closer to the enter key.

Today's chore was coordinating the full backups and amazing enough the two externals were pretty close. The two thumbdrives, partition, and small corner of the old XP Pro machine were as well, they contain my books.

I miss Windows 7, but not the way my regular machine is behaving. Vista is like stepping aboard an antique car, with levers instead of buttons. Thank goodness for many of the apps or I couldn't stand it.  I can't wait to get a new hard drive.

 (( Ed. Hum, I guess I mentioned the Windows 7 thing on another thread. Sorry about that ))

YAY! Now I know. It came from the chief gadget guy himself. Is there any way to tell by looking?  If Gloss Grey clock is a gadget, then it would assume that the weather would be also. But it is looking for StardockWeather.ocx and says the MyColors should have it. (which I thought I didn't need because Theme Manager reads MyColors) Music Weather runs, but I can't for the life of me get it to let me change the location. I realize that these are "package" ones, I think this is why the "widget" "gadget" thing confuses me. 

And then there is crazy 61° Weather docklet. Is this silly thing supposed to reflect the current temp? It hasn't on three OS for me, it's always said 61°. I don't know about the flyouts, they all say the same temp and rain. But it is always that temp and rain here - only today is it absolutely beautiful and sunny.

Yes.

If you hover your mouse over a widget, in explorer, it'll sat widget in the tooltip. If it's a gadgets, it'll just give you the date it was made and such.