Can I make Vista look like an older version of Windows?
A. Yes indeed. Right-click the Start button, select Properties, and choose Classic Start Menu to get a Start menu that’s composed primarily of cascading menus that lead to programs. Right-click the desktop, select Personalize, and double-click Theme to choose the Windows Classic theme, which does away with much of Vista’s slickness (and gives you a Start button labeled “Start”). Take both of these steps, and Vista will have a decidedly old-school, Windows 2000-like flavor. What Vista doesn’t seem to have is a way to make its Start menu behavior and other aspects of the OS behave more the way they do in Windows XP.
. Yup! Right-click the Start button, select Properties, and choose Classic Start Menu to get a Start menu that’s composed primarily of cascading menus that lead to programs. Right-click the desktop, select Personalize, and double-click Theme to choose the Windows Classic theme, which does away with much of Vista’s slickness (and gives you a Start button labeled “Start”).
. Yes indeed. Right-click the Start button, select Properties, and choose Classic Start Menu to get a Start menu that’s composed primarily of cascading menus that lead to programs. Right-click the desktop, select Personalize, and double-click Theme to choose the Windows Classic theme, which does away with much of Vista’s slickness (and gives you a Start button labeled “Start”). Take both of these steps, and Vista will have a decidedly old-school, Windows 2000-like flavor. What Vista doesn’t seem to have is a way to make its Start menu behavior and other aspects of the OS behave more the way they do in Windows XP.
