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Windows XP First View
A first view of Windows XP : Like
on each new Windows version, you will need to get used
to a new layout ( which really puts a
different view on the joke Bill Gates and GM
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Desktop and
Start-menu:
The desktop is empty :
no icons for "My Computer" or
"Network Neighborhood" /
"My Network Places"
And the Start-menu has changed
completely !
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For people, which do not
like to
get used to this new menu, there is
(luckily) a solution:
right-click on the Taskbar and select
to display the "Properties":
Tab: Start Menu:
select "Classic Start menu"
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This looks a lot more
familiar
for long-time users of Win9x/NT4
or Windows 2000 ! |
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Look of
Windows:
Open a Windows, like in
this example: "My Computers"
The XP-look of Windows is
"colorful" (not
really my tast ! ) |
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For people, which do not
like to
get used to this new Windows Style,
there is (luckily) a solution:
right-click on the free area on the
Desktop select to display the
"Properties":
Tab: Appearance :
by default, "Windows and buttons"
are set to "Windows XP style"
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You can select from the
Drop-down
menu for "Windows and buttons"
the "Windows Classic style" |
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That looks (at least for me) a
lot better:
It looks now again like a Window
system....... |
Even with the "Classic
Windows Style", most Windows in XP are very colorful :

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