Listing 1: The SysInfo gadget's manifest file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<gadget>
    <name>SysInfo</name>
    <namespace></namespace>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <author name="jturnervbs">
    </author>
    <copyright></copyright>
    <description>My first SysInfo gadget</description>

  <icons>
    <icon height="48" width="48" src="geo.png"/>
  </icons> 
    <hosts>
        <host name="sidebar"> 
            <base type="HTML" apiVersion="1.0.0" src="SysInfo.hta" /> 
            <permissions>full</permissions>
            <platform minPlatformVersion="0.3" />
        </host>
   </hosts>
</gadget>