Vista Start Menu

Let us show you what's new on the Vista Start Menu.

The Left pane of the Start Menu are all about your programs.

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1. The top left portion are programs that are pinned to your start menu.

2. The bottom left portion is for recently used programs and will change constantly.

3. The Line between the two indicates the separation of pinned items and recently used items.

Note:  To find out how to pin an item to your start menu, to go to that part of our Faq page automatically 

The top portion of the right pane of the Start Menu is all about your documents.

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1. Clicking the Username will explore all files under the current user profile.

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2. Clicking Documents will go directly to the current user's Documents folder.

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3. Clicking Pictures will go directly to the current user's Pictures Folder.

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4. Clicking Music will go directly to the current user's Music Folder.

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5. Clicking Games will go directly to Windows games preinstalled on your computer.

The Middle portion of the right pane has different types of options.

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1. Clicking Search will open the search window.

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2. Clicking Recent Items will show you all of the documents or files you have recently opened.

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3. Clicking on Computer will show you information about the computer.

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4. Click Network lets you view and change your Network settings and devices. 

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5. Clicking Connect To will allow you to connect to a different Network or device.

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The bottom portion of the right pane has shortcuts to areas to change options within Windows and also Help functions. 

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1. Clicking Control Panel opens the control panel.

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2. Clicking Default Programs allows you to change different aspects of programs on your computer.

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1. Set your default programs

2. Associate a file type or protocol with a program

3. Change AutoPlay settings

4. Set program access and computer defaults

3. Clicking Help and Support opens up a window with all of the options available to help you with different aspects of your computer.

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1. Find an Answer

   1. Windows Basics

   2. Security and Maintenance

   3. Windows Online Help

   4. Table of Contents

   5. Troubleshooting

   6. What's new?

2. Ask someone

   1. Windows Remote Assistance

   2. Windows Communities

   3. Microsoft Customer Support

   4. More support options...

3. Information on Microsoft

   1. Find your files and folders

   2. Get your programs to work on this version of Windows

   3. Update your drivers

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Last Revision: Wednesday July 27, 2011
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