Why are my gadgets for windows xp not working?

Yesterday, I was called up my cousin and he was also facing the same problem you are facing. You might have virus in your system and so your windows gadgets has stopped working with your operating system. But this is not an issue, you need to follow the following steps to counter this problem.

First, go to windows microsoft web site and then select “Give your PC some personality with desktop gadgets” option there. You will get different kind of gadget options there and can be easily downloaded. It is really a fun to have them in your system and you can also have a lot of knowledgeable activities like news, pictures, phases of moon and games on the screen. Also you can learn some tricks about the same by clicking on tips and tricks options. Also you can visit some more sites like softonic, cnet, etc for more gadgets.