I had a neat little program that allowed me to have a clock & calendar + other things on my desktop side bar. I somehow lost the program and can't remember the name. Anyone know what I'm referring to?
Windows 7 had sidebars (I think Vista did as well). the problem with them was they were loaded with easy ways into your system. So microsoft stopped supporting them.
However, you should be able to get the built in ones still.
I think if you right click on desktop and maybe click personalization you'll see the icon for them.