I figured out why it crashes for me. Go through all 8 balls and make sure that none have "Data" set to "Time (clock)". On my system (XP), the clock functionality doesn't work, and if I have any ball set to clock, then it prevents me from turning other balls on. Once I ensure that none are set to clock, then all 8 work, and ping works also.

Except for this bug, I love this widget. It's way fun.

Can some one help me please? I installed this widget and only one ball is showing. Is this how it is supposed to be? I am using Windows XP

I guess you must have already solved the problem, but anyway here is the solution. I had the same problem, then I clicked on the one ball and moved it, underneath that ball was another one and underneath that one was another ball. A total of 3 balls. Now, right click on anyone of the balls and select preferences and there you can select how many balls the widget can support.

This would've been a great widget, if there was something to read, like a manual to understand the readings.

I agree that the Time function does not seem to work. Also, I'd like to see support for dual processors, what does the CPULoad ball show when you have a dual processor system?

I'm running Windows Vista Home Edition with Intel Core 2 Duo, bought about a year ago.
For some reason I can't click and move to find other balls underneath, even after I set
them up. This l00ks like an awesome widget; just doesn't want to perform on my laptop.
It even made some kind of error that caused that snoopy Windows reporting message
to come up. They're clueless too.