Windows XP Tips and Techniques

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WINDOWS XP: TIPS AND TECHNIQUES. Introduction. This workshop is intended to demonstrate many of the powerful timesaving features of. Windows XP. …

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FACULTY TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION CENTER
Windows XP
Tips and Techniques
Spring 2005WINDOWS XP: TIPS AND TECHNIQUES
Introduction
This workshop is intended to demonstrate many of the powerful timesaving features of
Windows XP. It is geared for people who are familiar with the basics of using Windows
XP and are interested in learning some “power user” techniques.
Use the Windows Classic Look
If you are more comfortable performing a task with the familiar
Windows Classic user interface than you are with Windows XP’s new
interface, you can quickly switch the user interface to the familiar
Windows Classic appearance on your computer if it helps you
remember a task in your operating system or program.
1. Right-click on a blank area of the desktop, then click Properties.
2. Click the Appearance tab.
3. On the Windows and Buttons menu, select Windows Classic, then Click OK.
Change the Start Menu Style
If the new Windows XP Start menu takes up too much space on
your desktop, you can change the look back to the Windows Classic
Start menu by following these steps:
1. Right-click the Start button, and then click Properties.
2. Click the Classic Start menu choice.
3. Click the Customize button to select items to display on the Start…