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   TOM WALKER to JEAN PARROT   
   Start menu.   
   21 Sep 12 08:22:00   
   
   JP> AZ> 'Classic Start Menu' is usually used (even by Microsoft) to refer to th   
   JP> AZ> Win95/98 style menu instead of the WinXP default style with a front pan   
   JP>that   
   JP> AZ> you can pin a few favorites on plus a lower section with most-recently   
   JP> AZ> used programs.   
      
   JP> Good definition.   
      
   JP> AZ> XP has a 'classic Start Menu' option; that was dropped in Vista and Win   
   JP> AZ> 7. Now, in Win 8 there's no (Microsoft supported) Start Menu at all -   
   JP> AZ> though the 'Modern Interface' tiles screen is sometimes referred to as   
   JP> AZ> the Start Menu.   
      
   JP> You know what ? I had never changed this menu as I was thoroughly satisfied   
   JP>with the default. This said, as I still had this old XP box connected, I fir   
   JP>it up and had a peek at this Classic menu and then decided that the default,   
   JP>me, was better. The old box was still connected as I was away for a while an   
   JP>wanted then to test Wintype on it. Fun to go back in time to XP.   
      
   JP> I hope that Tom reads this, he has been silent for a few days.   
      
   I am and Alan showed my to be RIGHT. THere is no "Classic Start Menu" in   
   Win 7   
   And I far perfer the Classic style, The new Fluffy Start menu is just   
   more of the Microsoft "Change solely for the Sake of Change" and I   
   AM NOT BUYING!!   
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