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About Microsoft® Windows® XP Help and Support Center Switching to Classic View Desktop Cleanup Wizard Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Program Compatibility Wizard User Accounts and Fast User Switching Home and Small Office Networking Internet Connection Firewall Help and Support Center To access help with the Windows XP operating system and other support and educational tools, click the Start button and click Help and Support. Switching to Classic View You may change the appearance of the Control Panel, the Start menu, and the Windows desktop to the classic view of earlier operating systems. Control Panel The Control Panel presents information as task-oriented categories. If you are accustomed to performing a particular task with the icon-oriented classic Control Panel, you can switch to the classic icon view: 1. Click the Start button, and click Control Panel. 2. Click Switch to Classic View or Switch to Category View in the upper left area of the Control Panel window. Start Menu 1. Right-click the empty area on the taskbar. 2. Click Properties. 3. Click the Start Menu tab. 4. Select Classic Start Menu and click OK. Window and Button Appearance 1. Right-click anywhere on the main desktop screen and click Properties. 2. Click the Appearance tab. 3. From the Windows and buttons drop-down menu, select Windows Classic style. 4. To customize color, font, and other classic desktop options, click Advanced. 5. When you have completed your appearance selections, click OK. Desktop Cleanup Wizard By default, the Desktop Cleanup Wizard moves programs that are not frequently used to a designated folder 7 days after you first start your computer and every 60 days after that. The appearance of the Start menu changes as programs are moved. To turn off the Desktop Cleanup Wizard:

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About Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP
Help and Support Center
Switching to Classic View
Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Files and Settings Transfer Wizard
Program Compatibility Wizard
User Accounts and Fast User Switching
Home and Small Office Networking
Internet Connection Firewall
Help and Support Center
To access help with the Windows XP operating system and other support and educational tools, click the
Start
button and click
Help and Support
.
Switching to Classic View
You may change the appearance of the Control Panel, the
Start
menu, and the Windows desktop to the
classic view
of earlier operating systems.
Control Panel
The Control Panel presents information as task-oriented categories. If you are accustomed to performing a particular task with the icon-oriented classic
Control Panel, you can switch to the classic icon view:
1.
Click the
Start
button, and click
Control Panel
.
2.
Click
Switch to Classic View
or
Switch to Category View
in the upper left area of the
Control Panel
window.
Start Menu
1.
Right-click the empty area on the taskbar.
2.
Click
Properties
.
3.
Click the
Start Menu
tab.
4.
Select
Classic Start Menu
and click
OK
.
Window and Button Appearance
1.
Right-click anywhere on the main desktop screen and click
Properties
.
2.
Click the
Appearance
tab.
3.
From the
Windows and buttons
drop-down menu, select
Windows Classic style
.
4.
To customize color, font, and other classic desktop options, click
Advanced
.
5.
When you have completed your appearance selections, click
OK
.
Desktop Cleanup Wizard
By default, the Desktop Cleanup Wizard moves programs that are not frequently used to a designated folder 7 days after you first start your computer and
every 60 days after that. The appearance of the
Start
menu changes as programs are moved.
To turn off the Desktop Cleanup Wizard: