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Windows Start Button Is 14 Years Old, as Is Windows 95

It was almost 14 years after the initial introduction of the Start button and menu that Microsoft signed off on the latest Windows client containing a revamped Windows Aero graphical user interface. It was on August 24, 1995 that the Redmond-based company released Windows 95, taking the Windows GUI to another level, ...

25 August 2009
11:33 GMT

Build a Monster Windows 7 Start Menu to Dwarf Vista's

Along with the evolution of the Aero graphical user interface in Windows 7, one of the aspects of the operating system that suffered a consistent revamping process is the Start Menu. Users running Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 and later, including the leaked Windows 7 Build 7022 from the Release Candidate branch, will be...

17 February 2009
03:54 GMT

Customize Your Windows Mobile-Based Device 'Start Menu'

This is a simple tutorial on how to add some of your freshly installed applications that won't list in your Windows Mobile device 'Start Menu'. I'll split the guide in two parts, as there are different approaches for Smartphones and for Pocket PCs. First of all, you should know that to be able to ...

20 January 2009
12:01 GMT

Launch Shortcuts from Toolbar

Every time we install a new application, a small footprint is added to start menu. Not many programs come with the option to erase or simply not create a Start Menu item. That is why it is hard to find a certain shortcut. I’ve seen a Start Menu that opened the Programs list over half the desktop space. In Windo...

5 December 2008
02:11 GMT

Shortcut Launcher and Alternative Start Menu

How many times did the standard Start Menu help you in finding the application you needed to run? How fast? I benefited from few such experiences because we all can agree upon one thing: the number of items from Start Menu is getting bigger every day. The more applications we run and install, the more items we add to...

25 November 2008
03:01 GMT

Windows 7 Start Menu

Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, is set to bring to the table an overhauled graphical user interface. As far as Windows 7 Milestone 1 (M1) Ultimate Edition Build 6.1.6519.1 is concerned, Windows Aero has survived without any major redesign, for the time being. There is, however, a certain amount of specific...

26 February 2008
11:09 GMT

Windows Vista's Achilles' Heel - the Start Menu

The Start Menu is Windows Vista Achilles' heel and it holds all the keys to the Vista castle. This conclusion was presented by Robert Paveza, a senior web application developer with Terralever, a web-based marketing corporation. Paveza is also the author of a two-stage attack method designed to take over Windows...

17 May 2007
10:12 GMT


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