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Using Microsoft® Windows® XP Help and Support Center Switching to Classic View Desktop Cleanup Wizard Transferring Information to a New Computer User Accounts and Fast User Switching Setting Up a Home and Office Network Internet Connection Firewall NOTE: Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional offer different features and appearances. Also, options available in Windows XP Professional vary depending on whether the computer is connected to a domain. Help and Support Center NOTE: Options available in Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional operating system vary depending on whether your computer is connected to a domain. The Help and Support Center provides help with Windows XP and also offers other support and educational tools. To access the Help and Support Center, click the Start button and click Help and Support. Switching to Classic View NOTE: The procedures in this help file were written for the Windows default view, so the options might be different if you switch to the classic view. You can change the Control Panel, the Start menu, and the Microsoft® Windows® desktop so they look like they did in previous versions of the Windows operating system. Control Panel 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 and click the Start Menu tab. 3. Select Classic Start Menu and click OK. Desktop Themes 1. Right-click anywhere on the main desktop screen and click Properties. 2. On the Themes tab, click Windows Classic in the drop-down menu. 3. To customize color, font, and other classic desktop options, click the Appearance tab and click Advanced. 4. When you have made your selections, click OK. Desktop Cleanup Wizard By default, the Desktop Cleanup Wizard moves program icons that are not frequently used from your desktop 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 program icons are moved. To turn off the Desktop Cleanup Wizard at any time: 1. Right-click an empty spot on the desktop and click Properties.

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Using Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP
Help and Support Center
Switching to Classic View
Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Transferring Information to a New Computer
User Accounts and Fast User Switching
Setting Up a Home and Office Network
Internet Connection Firewall
Help and Support Center
The Help and Support Center provides help with Windows XP and also offers other support and educational tools. To access the Help and Support Center, click
the
Start
button and click
Help and Support
.
Switching to Classic View
You can change the Control Panel, the
Start
menu, and the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
desktop so they look like they did in previous versions of the Windows
operating system.
Control Panel
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
and click the
Start Menu
tab.
3.
Select
Classic Start Menu
and click
OK
.
Desktop Themes
1.
Right-click anywhere on the main desktop screen and click
Properties
.
2.
On the
Themes
tab, click
Windows Classic
in the drop-down menu.
3.
To customize color, font, and other classic desktop options, click the
Appearance
tab and click
Advanced
.
4.
When you have made your selections, click
OK
.
Desktop Cleanup Wizard
By default, the Desktop Cleanup Wizard moves program icons that are not frequently used from your desktop 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 program icons are moved.
To turn off the Desktop Cleanup Wizard at any time:
1.
Right-click an empty spot on the desktop and click
Properties
.
NOTE:
Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional offer different features and appearances. Also, options available in Windows XP
Professional vary depending on whether the computer is connected to a domain.
NOTE:
Options available in Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP Professional operating system vary depending on whether your computer is connected to a
domain.
NOTE:
The procedures in this help file were written for the Windows default view, so the options might be different if you switch to the classic view.