Okay, I feel really dumb because I can't get the HWINFO gadget to work.
I tried to follow this (https://docs.rainmeter.net/tips/hwinfo/) which was written for people who already know what things like "So all you need to do is create Registry measures to obtain each of those values you want to display in your skin" mean because it's not explained what that is or what to do with it. This (https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/measures/registry/) wasn't helpful either because it, too, is written for people who already know what all that is and what it means.
[EDIT]Forgot to mention that I've also been through this document (https://github.com/SilverAzide/Gadgets/wiki/HOW-TO-Configure-HWiNFO)[/EDIT]
I next turned to ChatGPT to help and it at least helped me conceptualize how this works. We enable sensors and reporting in HWiNFO, which then puts data into the Registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB). We use that info (labels, sensors, etc) to make Registry Measures that then go into an INI file (still not sure which one). Maybe. The app "HWiNFO VSB Viewer" has been helpful with that - I got that far, at least. I don't know the detailed steps, but I think that's roughly what happens. Right? I keep finding conflicting info so I'm not really sure.
Well, despite my best efforts the Gadget simply reports "Not configured!". Clicking "Edit HWiNFO Settings" brings up a Variable.inc file, but I can't find anything that tells me what to do there, if anything. Listing the Indexes works and produces the expected results: I see a text file with the things I enabled in the HWiNFO Gadgets tab of the HWiNFO Sensors Settings.
That's as far as I've been able to get this to work (basically, not at all) and I don't know what to do from here. I'd really like to get it to work because I use a bunch of other gadgets from the Gadgets 7.7 pack so I'd like this one to work as well.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Also, for context, I was an IT pro for 15 years (MCSE and all that) and I've been around computers since 1981 (my Dad was into computers). I used to work with simple vbs or powershell (and KiXtart!) scripts as part of my job, for automation mostly, so I'm not completely out of my depth here. And that's mostly why I feel really dumb that I can't get this to work. I SHOULD be able to get this to work.
[EDIT #2]
The HWiNFO Rainmeter Plugin doesn't work either. HWiNFO is doing its thing on the right but the skin displays nothing and there's nothing anywhere to explain how to set it up. At least, I couldn't find anything useful that wasn't meant for someone who already knows how to create these things from scratch.[/EDIT #2]
I tried to follow this (https://docs.rainmeter.net/tips/hwinfo/) which was written for people who already know what things like "So all you need to do is create Registry measures to obtain each of those values you want to display in your skin" mean because it's not explained what that is or what to do with it. This (https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/measures/registry/) wasn't helpful either because it, too, is written for people who already know what all that is and what it means.
[EDIT]Forgot to mention that I've also been through this document (https://github.com/SilverAzide/Gadgets/wiki/HOW-TO-Configure-HWiNFO)[/EDIT]
I next turned to ChatGPT to help and it at least helped me conceptualize how this works. We enable sensors and reporting in HWiNFO, which then puts data into the Registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB). We use that info (labels, sensors, etc) to make Registry Measures that then go into an INI file (still not sure which one). Maybe. The app "HWiNFO VSB Viewer" has been helpful with that - I got that far, at least. I don't know the detailed steps, but I think that's roughly what happens. Right? I keep finding conflicting info so I'm not really sure.
Well, despite my best efforts the Gadget simply reports "Not configured!". Clicking "Edit HWiNFO Settings" brings up a Variable.inc file, but I can't find anything that tells me what to do there, if anything. Listing the Indexes works and produces the expected results: I see a text file with the things I enabled in the HWiNFO Gadgets tab of the HWiNFO Sensors Settings.
That's as far as I've been able to get this to work (basically, not at all) and I don't know what to do from here. I'd really like to get it to work because I use a bunch of other gadgets from the Gadgets 7.7 pack so I'd like this one to work as well.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Also, for context, I was an IT pro for 15 years (MCSE and all that) and I've been around computers since 1981 (my Dad was into computers). I used to work with simple vbs or powershell (and KiXtart!) scripts as part of my job, for automation mostly, so I'm not completely out of my depth here. And that's mostly why I feel really dumb that I can't get this to work. I SHOULD be able to get this to work.
[EDIT #2]
The HWiNFO Rainmeter Plugin doesn't work either. HWiNFO is doing its thing on the right but the skin displays nothing and there's nothing anywhere to explain how to set it up. At least, I couldn't find anything useful that wasn't meant for someone who already knows how to create these things from scratch.[/EDIT #2]
Statistics: Posted by XylemFlow — Today, 2:40 pm