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There are thousands of Gadgets available for download for Windows Vista. But if you don’t have Vista, you can’t run them on your Windows XP machine. Though there are several other small little apps to do the job for XP.
Joshoon has come up with real Sidebar for Windows XP. It uses Alky framework to port the sidebar to Windows XP.
To get them running on your Windows XP machine, download the package, install Alky from it and run the Sidebar. It also contains the Gadget Gallery.
Download Sidebar for Windows XP from here.
Download more Vista Gadgets from here.
For More info:
Windows Vista Sidebar For Windows XP
Install and Create Vista Sidebar in Windows XP