Vista - Make Vista Start Menu behave like XP

Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final annoyance
I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows XP.

I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding to the
right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default one in
XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not XP. How
can I fix this?

-Chris

right click on the start button and choose properties then choose "Classic
Start Menu"
"Chris Hillman" <Chris Hillman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B878AAC0-80A8-48D8-A061-2697F66194F9@microsoft.com...
> Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final
> annoyance
> I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows XP.
>
> I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding to
> the
> right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default one
> in
> XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not XP.
> How
> can I fix this?
>
> -Chris

right click taskbar - properties - start menu - classic

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"Chris Hillman" <Chris Hillman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B878AAC0-80A8-48D8-A061-2697F66194F9@microsoft.com...
> Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final
> annoyance
> I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows XP.
>
> I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding to
> the
> right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default one
> in
> XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not XP.
> How
> can I fix this?
>
> -Chris

Did you not learn in XP that you right click Start and chose properties to
change to classic of XP. Same in Vista if you look. Why get annoyed?


"Chris Hillman" <Chris Hillman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B878AAC0-80A8-48D8-A061-2697F66194F9@microsoft.com...
> Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final
> annoyance
> I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows XP.
>
> I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding to
> the
> right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default one
> in
> XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not XP.
> How
> can I fix this?
>
> -Chris
>

Maybe he didn't learn that in XP. Didn't you NOT learn to be polite?


"Ian" <igb123@talktalk.net> wrote in message
news:943B5EC4-619B-4D03-AB21-2643142B74FB@microsoft.com...
> Did you not learn in XP that you right click Start and chose properties to
> change to classic of XP. Same in Vista if you look. Why get annoyed?
>
>
> "Chris Hillman" <Chris Hillman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B878AAC0-80A8-48D8-A061-2697F66194F9@microsoft.com...
>> Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final
>> annoyance
>> I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows
>> XP.
>>
>> I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding to
>> the
>> right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default
>> one in
>> XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not XP.
>> How
>> can I fix this?
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>

No, that takes away the right column with "Computer", "Documents". "Conrol
Panel", etc.

See the following screenshots...

XP, Fast, Quick to Navigate: http://www.webboise.com/images/xp.jpg
Vista, Slow, tedius: http://www.webboise.com/images/vista.jpg

I just want the "All Programs" to expand in the way the 'classic' does,
while keeping my 2 column start menu (which I love... getting icons off of
the desktop)

-Chris

"housetrained" wrote:

> right click taskbar - properties - start menu - classic
>
> --
> John the West Ham fan
> housetrained@hotmail.com
> house.trained@virgin.net
> <><
> "Chris Hillman" <Chris Hillman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B878AAC0-80A8-48D8-A061-2697F66194F9@microsoft.com...
> > Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final
> > annoyance
> > I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows XP.
> >
> > I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding to
> > the
> > right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default one
> > in
> > XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not XP.
> > How
> > can I fix this?
> >
> > -Chris
>
>

Yes but he was annoyed not me.


"Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
news:%23PxNFBXzHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Maybe he didn't learn that in XP. Didn't you NOT learn to be polite?
>
>
> "Ian" <igb123@talktalk.net> wrote in message
> news:943B5EC4-619B-4D03-AB21-2643142B74FB@microsoft.com...
>> Did you not learn in XP that you right click Start and chose properties
>> to change to classic of XP. Same in Vista if you look. Why get annoyed?
>>
>>
>> "Chris Hillman" <Chris Hillman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:B878AAC0-80A8-48D8-A061-2697F66194F9@microsoft.com...
>>> Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final
>>> annoyance
>>> I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows
>>> XP.
>>>
>>> I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding to
>>> the
>>> right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default
>>> one in
>>> XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not XP.
>>> How
>>> can I fix this?
>>>
>>> -Chris
>>>
>>
>
>
>

I don't think you fully understand my original question...

"I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding
to the right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the
default one in XP."

See the following screenshots...

XP, Fast, Quick to Navigate: http://www.webboise.com/images/xp.jpg
Vista, Slow, tedius: http://www.webboise.com/images/vista.jpg

I just want the "All Programs" to expand in the way the 'classic' does,
while keeping my 2 column start menu (which I love... getting icons off
of the desktop)

-Chris

Ian wrote:
> Did you not learn in XP that you right click Start and chose properties
> to change to classic of XP. Same in Vista if you look. Why get annoyed?
>
>
> "Chris Hillman" <Chris Hillman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:B878AAC0-80A8-48D8-A061-2697F66194F9@microsoft.com...
>> Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final
>> annoyance
>> I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows
>> XP.
>>
>> I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding
>> to the
>> right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default
>> one in
>> XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not
>> XP. How
>> can I fix this?
>>
>> -Chris
>>
>

You need to get laid then. What he said wasn't that bad :-)


"Ian" <igb123@talktalk.net> wrote in message
news:46150856-749F-43C7-BDE8-FB8ABEAD3846@microsoft.com...
> Yes but he was annoyed not me.
>
>
> "Bill Yanaire" <bill@yanaire.com> wrote in message
> news:%23PxNFBXzHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Maybe he didn't learn that in XP. Didn't you NOT learn to be polite?
>>
>>
>> "Ian" <igb123@talktalk.net> wrote in message
>> news:943B5EC4-619B-4D03-AB21-2643142B74FB@microsoft.com...
>>> Did you not learn in XP that you right click Start and chose properties
>>> to change to classic of XP. Same in Vista if you look. Why get annoyed?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Chris Hillman" <Chris Hillman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message news:B878AAC0-80A8-48D8-A061-2697F66194F9@microsoft.com...
>>>> Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final
>>>> annoyance
>>>> I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows
>>>> XP.
>>>>
>>>> I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding
>>>> to the
>>>> right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default
>>>> one in
>>>> XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not
>>>> XP. How
>>>> can I fix this?
>>>>
>>>> -Chris
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>

thats NOT how the XP menu was...

The vista menu is crappy,
the classic menu is crappy...

We want the XP menu back!


"housetrained" <housetrained@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> right click taskbar - properties - start menu - classic
>
> --
> John the West Ham fan
> housetrained@hotmail.com
> house.trained@virgin.net
> <><
> "Chris Hillman" <Chris Hillman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B878AAC0-80A8-48D8-A061-2697F66194F9@microsoft.com...
>> Was just upgraded to Windows Vista Business Edition, and the final
>> annoyance
>> I have to resolve is to get the start menu to behave more like Windows
>> XP.
>>
>> I prefer the 2 column start menu in XP, with program groups expanding to
>> the
>> right. I basically want the Vista start menu to work like the default
>> one in
>> XP. I can't imagine it can be set to act like Windows 98/2K and not XP.
>> How
>> can I fix this?
>>
>> -Chris
>