Windows Vista Sidebar Security

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Brian Teutsch, Program Manager for Windows Sidebar posted an article on the sidebar security model in Windows Vista.

 

"The Windows Sidebar is a new Windows Vista component that provides a runtime for 'gadgets.' Gadgets are mini-applications designed to present the user with information or utilities. The Windows Vista Sidebar treats gadgets very similar to the way Windows Vista treats all executable code. The Sidebar team is completely committed to making Vista the most secure version of Windows ever, and that includes the security and trustworthiness of gadgets."

 

Read full post at https://blogs.msdn.com/sidebar/archive/2006/08/31/733880.aspx.

 

If you don’t know what Windows Sidebar is, read this.