On these platforms both the Windows Sidebar and Windows Desktop Gadgets are unavailable, even with the Desktop Experience feature enabled. Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 can be used as Terminal Servers. Microsoft has already made the brave decision to leave out this functionality in Windows 8, so even if you’re extremely loyal towards Microsoft you can now tell your colleagues and customers they were right when they advised you to disable these features. Of course, both Gadget and Sidebar technology have been little to no use for businesses. This week, I’m labeling the Windows Sidebar (Windows Vista) and Windows Desktop Gadgets (Windows 7) features as ‘To-Go’, after seeing the announcement for the ‘We have you by the gadgets’ presentation by Mickey Shkatov and Toby Kohlenberg at Black Hat 2012 (due July 26) and the proactive reaction by Microsoft, resulting in KnowledgeBase article 2719662. Prime examples, of course, are ‘BitLocker-To-Go’ (encryption of removable drives) and ‘Windows-To-Go’ (running Windows from a removable drive). The Microsoft marketing department has decided to label a few of the incredible Windows features in Windows 7 and Windows 8 as ‘To Go’.
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