Personalize your Windows 7 desktop with gadgets, such as a digital calendar and clock. ... Double-click the "Calendar" icon to open a calendar on your desktop.

Dick Frank unintentionally changed something in Windows 7 so that each window, rather than each application, gets its own taskbar icon. That’s too many icons.

Now your Vista taskbar should look a lot like Windows 7’s. To add icons, just drag and drop any program, folder, or individual file to the Quick Launch toolbar.