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Windows XP Start Menu Choices

Windows XP Start Menu Choices
In Windows XP, users have a choice of the default Start Menu type or the "Classic" Start Menu, which was introduced in Windows 95. My personal preference is the "Classic" Start Menu due to its simplicity and it's the way I am used to working with Windows for the past 14 years or so.

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RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)
To get the run command just hold down the windows key and press R. Nice and easy. No Clicking necessary. It seems to me that the changes to the UI are geared toward making the operating system less in... (Read the rest)
Posted by: DJOakTree Posted on: 10/23/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
MS is Doing it Right  blinkdt | 01/01/09
Dumbed down and out  JelMin | 01/07/09
Which is Dumber, the OS or the User?  NameRedacted | 01/07/09
Their usability people are SO WRONG  MayAbandonWindows | 01/09/09
Windows is becoming a Mac, but wrong  MayAbandonWindows | 01/09/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Wi  credmedia | 01/02/09
People naturally resist change but this is silly  Spikewire | 01/02/09
Change for change sake?  rcfoulk@... | 01/05/09
soooo serious  Spikewire | 01/05/09
Sorry, Humor not understood...  agohige | 01/06/09
You nailed it  zenotek | 01/06/09
Aye, there's the rub  chaimss@... | 01/07/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  lwe3 | 01/02/09
the Run command  m_data | 01/02/09
Re: the Run command  QuimaxW | 01/05/09
Power user  nlv@... | 01/06/09
Search is bad!  EMonkIA | 01/07/09
Run command: you are absolutely right!  drskywalker | 01/06/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  erichmercado | 01/02/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  V_Supachai@... | 01/02/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  saladbar821@... | 01/03/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  jimk_z | 01/03/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  D29S@... | 01/04/09
How Silly is this article  DonBurnett | 01/04/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  str8face | 01/04/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  noverge | 01/05/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  jpleslie01 | 01/05/09
THK U  rbettencourt@... | 01/06/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  kaskij | 01/05/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  DGMAXX@... | 01/05/09
What sort of car is this?  Chivers | 01/05/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  DGMAXX@... | 01/05/09
Change Happens - Grow Up!  dl@... | 01/05/09
I'm not sure which OS you're using  alaniane@... | 01/05/09
Growing up!  Spinner912 | 01/07/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  alan.douglas | 01/05/09
Who's the xxxx customer  mick@... | 01/05/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  nishsingh | 01/05/09
True  rbettencourt@... | 01/06/09
Power user  nlv@... | 01/06/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  manish9724@... | 01/06/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  nishsingh | 01/06/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  chbt | 01/06/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Wi  tamnais | 01/06/09
Taskbar  nlv@... | 01/06/09
Well ask for that option  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/08/09
RUN IS THERE IDIOT!  Narg | 01/06/09
RE: the "shut down" button  dbbaker | 01/06/09
Can we have a comparison of windows 3x and XP here!  rathishg | 01/06/09
"my documents"  janitorman | 01/07/09
Again, make it optional  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 01/08/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  ted.mccarty@... | 01/07/09
What's with all the whining?  NameRedacted | 01/07/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Wi  mark.whisps@... | 01/07/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  drayner | 01/08/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  Anonymous Benefactor | 01/09/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  istari2ve2002@... | 01/11/09
I thought this was going to be a useful article, but...  lincoln@... | 01/15/09
UI  Cl810 | 02/04/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  Nadeem Muhammad | 02/08/09
For Power Users  neo_ritz | 02/13/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Wi  armamatt@... | 02/20/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  qias | 05/05/09
As usual, they went backwards  arodgerson | 06/02/09
RE: Windows 7 Build 7000 Control Panel 2 (User Interface Transition from Windows XP to Windows 7)  DJOakTree | 10/23/09

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