Vista Start Menu
Vista Start Menu is the convenient alternative to the plain Start menu you find in Windows XP and Windows Vista.
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11.9.2008 Windows 7 Start Menu
Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, is set to bring to the table an overhauled graphical user interface.
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26.2.2008 From Windows 95 to Windows Vista SP1 RC1 - the Evolution of the Start Menu Button
From Windows 95 to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1 one item of the Windows operating system is a virtual landmark in the platform's graphical user interface landscape: the Start menu button.
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6.1.2008 Vista Start Menu 2.1 PRO
Vista Start Menu has been in development as an attractive and efficient alternative to the Start Menu in Windows XP and Windows Vista for one year.
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28.1.2007 Windows 7 Start Menu
Windows 7, the successor of Windows Vista, is set to bring to the table an overhauled graphical user interface.
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26.2.2008 Vista Start Menu
Vista Start Menu is the convenient alternative to the plain Start menu you find in Windows XP and Windows Vista.
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11.9.2008 Vista Start Menu 2.1 PRO
Vista Start Menu has been in development as an attractive and efficient alternative to the Start Menu in Windows XP and Windows Vista for one year.
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28.1.2007 From Windows 95 to Windows Vista SP1 RC1 - the Evolution of the Start Menu Button
From Windows 95 to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1 one item of the Windows operating system is a virtual landmark in the platform's graphical user interface landscape: the Start menu button.
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6.1.2008 Remove or Restore New Briefcase At Right Click Menu of Windows 7 and Vista
Briefcase is an ancient feature in Windows operating system, existed since Windows 95. Briefcase works as a special folder that supports two-way file synchronization with another folder on local disk or external USB/FireWire drive and network drive.
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13.6.2009 Start Windows
Something old is new again in Microsoft marketing: Start.
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17.2.2009 Start++ 0.3.2 for Windows Vista
Users of WDS on XP may recall the Deskbar Shortcuts functionality that allows you to create little aliases between words or characters with commands and searches.
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24.2.2007 Is Microsoft Going to Start a Linux War?
With software, the idea is to create some sort of code that is jammed into Linux and whose sole purpose is to let some proprietary code run under Linux without actually "touching" Linux in any way that would subject the proprietary code to the GPL.
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8.11.2006 Should Microsoft start paying for vulnerabilities?
Hackers are starting to agitate for Microsoft to start paying for information on security flaws found in its software products.
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16.3.2007 A Quick Start with ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a server side technology from Microsoft that allows you to create dynamic websites and web applications that run mainly on Windows web servers.
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29.12.2007 AT&T to start sending copyright warnings
AT&T Inc., the nation's largest Internet service provider, will start sending warnings to its subscribers when music labels and movie studios allege that they are trafficking in pirated material, according to an executive.
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28.3.2009 Security Tab Fixer for Windows XP - Activate Security Tab Under File, Folder Property Menu
Unlike Windows Vista & Windows 7, Window XP do not show Security tab under file or folder properties dialogue box.
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28.6.2009 Xbox 360 Off to Slow Start in Japan
Microsoft may have to try a little harder in marketing the Xbox 360 to Japanese consumers if initial reports coming out of the country Saturday are correct. According to several press outlets, reaction to the new console from Japanese customers appeared to be somewhat apathetic.
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11.12.2005 Microsoft: Fast start for Vista in businesses
Microsoft is predicting that Windows Vista will be adopted by companies at twice the speed as its predecessor, Windows XP.
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1.10.2006 Microsoft to Start Charging for Office 2007 Beta 2
The tester count for Office 2007 Beta 2 is now at more than three million. Given "how dramatically the beta 2 downloads have exceeded (Microsoft's) goals.
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30.7.2006 Update on the Microsoft Windows Vista Start-up Sound
Windows Vista Start-up sound was designed to move beyond the boundaries of a basic audio alert, reflecting the operational status of the system. As an embedded sound, it has a core concept of a trademark segment of media, initializing, personalizing and reflecting the Windows Vista brand and Experience.
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24.9.2006 HP and Acer Start Netbook Price War
Hewlett-Packard and Acer have lowered prices of their netbooks as the back-to-school sales season kicks into gear in the U.S., offering bargains for users.
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26.8.2008 Fix Windows 7 Does Not Start After Force Shutdown of Computer
No Microsoft operating system is bug free and it starts getting uncovered as more and more users start using it.
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10.10.2009 Windows 7 Upgrade Program start date shifts to June 28
TechARP made a few updates to their popular Windows 7 Upgrade Schedule. According to TechARPs new schedule, the Windows upgrade program will begin on June 28, 2009 instead of the previously mentioned July 1, 2009 date.
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23.2.2009 Windows 7, Linux and Mac OS Start the Market Share Ballet
At almost six months since it was initially introduced to the public in Beta stage, Windows 7 has gathered an audience almost half the size of all distributions of Linux available on the market, according to statistics from Net Applications.
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2.6.2009 Warning: Windows 7 beta bi-hourly shutdowns start next week
The Windows 7 beta will begin bi-hourly shutdowns on July 1, 2009 and will expire on August 1, 2009.
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23.6.2009 Move Windows XP Start Button & System Tray on Taskbar
Do you want to impress your friends and colleagues then here is small freeware tool for you.
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30.9.2009 11 years ago Microsoft launched Windows 95 with "Start Me Up" campaign
11 years ago Microsoft launched Windows 95 with "Start Me Up" campaign, read how Microsoft negotiated with the Stones for the song.
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25.8.2006 Microsoft will start Virtual PC 2007 public beta program in October
A new beta enrollment appeared on Microsoft site Connect: Virtual PC 2007 Beta Program.
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1.10.2006 Bill Gates Declares 10 Million-Unit Head Start for Xbox 360 and Outlines Future of Interactive Entertainment
LOS ANGELES ? May 9, 2006 ?Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates today staked the claim that the Xbox 360 system will have a 10 million-unit head start by the time the competition enters the market and more than 160 games by the end of the year. Gates went on to outline the company?s bold new vision to connect millions of Xbox 360 gamers with hundreds of millions of Microsoft Windows-based PC and mobile gamers from around the world through the Xbox Live online entertainment network. Gates made the announcements at a press conference to open the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the largest annual confab for the interactive entertainment industry.
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10.5.2006 VHD Mount for Windows 7 - Get VHD Commands in Context Menu with VHD Mount For Windows 7
Most of all windows 7 users are aware of native VHD support in Windows 7. The Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk file format aka VHD is virtual hard disk used in Microsoft Virtual PC.
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20.7.2009Death to the Start Menu Part I
Viral Tarpara: So I have been playing around with Vista SP1 RC and so far it has been a much more enjoyable experience from a usability perspective.
The number UAC prompts are down, network performanc..
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27.12.2007Microsoft feedback survey: Windows 7 start menu (concept). Here, let me show you it.
Long Zheng: Ah, product feedback surveys, what will we ever do without you? You share your most intimate secrets and future product ideas with
complete strangers all in the name of marketing research...
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26.02.2008Death to the Start Menu Part I
Viral Tarpara: So I have been playing around with Vista SP1 RC and so far it has been a much more enjoyable experience from a usability perspective.
The number UAC prompts are down, network performance regarding file sharing is now what it should have been at release time and stability is much
better. I always thought the UI in Vista was better than its predecessor though it did take a few weeks getting used to especially with the initially
annoying Network and Sharing Center. Since switching to my Mac for personal use a few years ago prior to joining Microsoft, Ive had to go through the
pain of using the Start Menu again *learned a lot about usability in the process*.
Start Menu, pain? Surely you jest, you might
be thinking. Actually, it is my opinion that the Start Menu is one of the most outmoded concepts that makes Windows, well umWindows...
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27.12.2007Microsoft feedback survey: Windows 7 start menu (concept). Here, let me show you it.
Long Zheng: Ah, product feedback surveys, what will we ever do without you? You share your most intimate secrets and future product ideas with
complete strangers all in the name of marketing research. Thankfully Microsoft surveys are no exception.
Windows 7 Start menu
searchAn anonymous tipster pointed out to me in a recent (private) Windows feedback survey sent out by Microsoft, asked how often users use the Start
menu search functionality, was a screenshot highlighting the aforementioned feature but not of Windows Vista and certainly not anything weve ever seen
before.
The most logical explanation would be of course, this is a mockup of Windows 7...
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26.02.2008Vista Desktop Search Annoyance
I thought people might find this fix interesting because it annoyed the hell out of me when I first started using Vista. In the XP days, I was a huge
Windows Desktop Search (WDS) fan, and like many WDS fans Vista search wasn't that exciting because of new features but rather, it gave visibility to
mainstream windows users that desktop search would change the way they computer.
When I used WDS I typically indexed my whole
C: and I carried that practice over to Vista's indexing service. That's when I started having issues. I wanted to to search all my content on
the machine, but when I would search for any files in the Start Menu, I would never get any results returned on a search unless they were
applications. For example, if I was to search for an excel file, it would not return in the Start Menu even though it was located in "Documents" --
it was very frustrating.
As it turns outs, the quick fix was to change the start menu settings so that the search bar is set to
"search entire index" instead of the default "search this user's files." The problem arises due to the user changing the "indexed locations"
to include all of the "C:" when the Start Menu is set to "search this user's files." This is a known bug and will be fixed in Vista SP1.
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05.09.2007Three Really Cool Vista Visual Tweaks
Andreas Verhoeven has released three really great Windows Vista tweaking
applications, designed to improve some of the visual decisions Microsoft made in Vista without much effort on your part. Download them and load
shortcuts to them into your startup folder (only one of them will do it for you) and you should really enjoy the results.
Glass
Toasts replaces the balloons that come out of your system tray with something a bit more ostentatious, a glass balloon that is too flashy for most
users. Then again, that is probably the point.
3D User Picture takes the picture that appears atop the Start Menu, makes it 3D,
and has it rotate. This means that your user picture, plus all the icons in the Start Menu that go up there when you select them, all get this cool
effect, and the effect only uses system resources when the Start Menu is open (so theres little cost to actual use of the computer.
Thumbnail Sizer lets you dramatically increase the size of the taskbar preview thumbnails, increasing seperately the height or the width (so if
you want wider, but not necessarily taller, thats easy). You can even slow down the fade in/out animation so you can enjoy that more.
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04.09.20073 Really Cool Tweaks for Windows Vista
Andreas Verhoeven has released three really great Windows Vista tweaking
applications, designed to improve some of the visual decisions Microsoft made in Vista without much effort on your part. Download them and load
shortcuts to them into your startup folder (only one of them will do it for you) and you should really enjoy the results.
Glass Toasts
replaces the balloons that come out of your system tray with something a bit more ostentatious, a glass balloon that is too flashy for most users.
Then again, that is probably the point.
3D User Picture takes the picture that appears atop the Start Menu, makes it 3D, and has it rotate.
This means that your user picture, plus all the icons in the Start Menu that go up there when you select them, all get this cool effect, and the
effect only uses system resources when the Start Menu is open (so there's little cost to actual use of the computer.
Thumbnail Sizer lets
you dramatically increase the size of the taskbar preview thumbnails, increasing seperately the height or the width (so if you want wider, but not
necessarily taller, that's easy). You can even slow down the fade in/out animation so you can enjoy that more.
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05.09.2007Windows 7 M3 Build 6780: Pictures and Videos(soon)
ThinkNext: Yes, new post about latest Windows 7 M3 Build 6780. Background:
Ive
reported prior Windows 7 versions before.
Start
Menu: the visual design of search box and shutdown/lock buttons are changed. The right panel is simplified.
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20.09.2008Nintendo's Releases Wii System Menu 4
jcxp.net - 26.03.2009
Review: Vista SP1 Release Candidate targets performance, reliability, security
The just-released Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate (RC), like the previous beta, does more to improve the internal plumbing of Windows Vista than
it does to make any major changes to the interface. SP1 RC targets performance, reliability, and security, leaving the operating system's features
and functionality largely intact, with the exception of allowing users to substitute an alternate search tool for the one built into Vista, and
removing the Search link from the Start menu.
When the final version of SP1 (currently slated for next year) is released, the big
news will be the death of the so-called Kill Switch, which Microsoft prefers to call "reduced functionality mode." Whatever you call it, though, the
elimination of the switch will be good news. Currently, if you don't activate your retail copy of Windows Vista after 30 days, your desktop turns
black, and your icons and the Start menu vanish. You can't open your files (although you can copy them). You're able to use a Web browser for only
an hour before you get logged off.
winbeta.org - 07.12.2007
Adobe axes link to Kinkos in Acrobat, Reader
Adobe Systems will remove a
menu option in its Acrobat and
Reader programs that lets
users send documents over the
Internet to FedEx Kinkos for
printing, the company said on
Thursday.
The move comes after
complaints from other printing
companies, who view the
feature as steering business
to FedEx Kinkos, one of the
larger printing services
companies worldwide.
The menu option is
included in Reader 8.1 and
Acrobat 8.1, appearing in the
"file" menu. The programs
were released in June when the
deal was announced.
By October, Adobe
will release updated versions
of the programs without the
option. "We are implementing
these changes as quickly as we
can," Adobe said in a
statement. "However, we need
time to write and test the
software." ..
winbeta.org - 02.08.2007
Google Docs: Now with more Word 2003
Google today updated the menu structure of the word processor in Google Docs. Gone are
the menus that change the toolbars underneath. Gone are the useful but unusual "revision" and "tag" items. What we have now is familiar to anyone
who's used Microsoft Word 2003. In fact, the five menu items have the same names as items on the menu bar of Word 2003.
winbeta.org - 27.03.2008
PowerPlaylist for Windows Vista Media Center released on CodePlex
As announced last
night on the Media Center Sandbox blog, a new application for Windows Vista Media Center has been released. The application, named PowerPlaylist,
adds a custom strip to the Windows Vista Media Center start menu with up to five tiles. Each tile represents an audio, slideshow and/or visualization
combination which will start when the tile is selected. PowerPlaylist is configured via an XML data file, and the application includes an editor to
customize the information in the data file, including the title of the custom Start Menu strip and the name, image, audio source, slideshow folder and
visualization for each tile.
PowerPlaylist has been released on CodePlex, and you can download x86 and/or x64 MSI-based
installers if you want to try out the application. You can also download source code (licensed with the Microsoft Permissive License) if you want to
see how the application works behind the scenes, modify it to add features, fix bugs, etc.
Here are some links for more
information about PowerPlaylist:
winbeta.org - 03.10.2007
Command Line Tips for Non-Geeks
Sarah Perez: The command line doesn't have to be the sole domain of uber-geeks. With a little know-how, anyone can use the command line to perform
simple tasks on their computer. Below is a short list of command line tips that I've found useful in the past. These steps are easy to follow and you
don't have to be a computer nerd to use them. The commands I've listed work on Windows XP or Windows Vista. To use the command line, just go to
Start --> Run, and the type in "cmd" (without the quotes) and hit "Enter" on your keyboard. On Vista, you can just type "cmd" (again, without
the quotes) and "Enter" from the Search box on the Start Menu. Vista will know what you mean.
winbeta.org - 15.12.2007
Live.com Gets Updated
Along with the release of WLMD
build 932, Live.com also got
an update today. Though this
one is not quite as big.
Live.com is now one
of the few pages to include
the new "Orb Menu". The Orb
Menu is the icon in the top
left of the page, when you
click on it, a navigational
menu drops down with links to
other Windows Live
services.
Following along Google, the
only other noticeable change
is the prompt Internet
Explorer 7 users get at the
top of the page asking if they
want to set their default
search provider to Windows
Live Search.
jcxp.net - 10.08.2006
Neowin.net Toolbar by RM Version 3
This is a new version of
Neowin.net Toolbar by RM. Code
Version : 1.5.0.0 ~ Content
Version : 3.0.0.0
What's New :
- Deleted
" Check for PM's" Button
and Added "Forum PM's" menu
( with other links, like
Compose New PM ).
- Added
"Blogs"; "Articles";
"Gallery"; "Events" links
to the "Site Menu" menu in
the toolbar.
- Added
"Blogs" RSS to the "RSS
News" Menu.
- Added
"Scan for Threats"; "Your
Notes"; "Going To...";
"Your calendar"; "Your
alarm" functions to the
toolbar
neowin.net - 16.12.2006
Windows 7: more screenshots and screencast
Features demo: sizeable search box and pin-able start menu items.
winbeta.org - 29.01.2008
Mozilla starts preparing developers for Firefox 3.6
Brace yourself for the vanishing menu bar because Mozilla has published an official feature list for
Firefox 3.6 in the form of a guide for programmers who need to know about the changes.
The Firefox 3.6 developer guide mentions an ability to automatically hide the menu bar, a change that dovetails with sparer Firefox user interface designs that Mozilla has begun exploring for Firefox
versions 3.7 and 4.0. That's important for plug-in developers and others who use the menu bar to control their add-ons.
winbeta.org - 30.07.2009
Windows Live Custom Domains
Released
Windows Live Custom Domains,
which had a makeover not more
than a week ago, is now out of
Beta. Not much has changed
since then, except the
appearance of the much awaited
Windows Live Orb Menu, and, of
course, the removal of the
word "Beta".
The Orb menu isn't
particularly useful, offering
links to other Windows Live
sites and to the account
management page
(account.live.com). It also
lets the user report feedback
easily, directly through the
menu. The main concern of this
"feature" is simply to
create some sort of
integration between the
different Windows Live
services, outside from Windows
Live Ideas.
The Windows Live Orb
in its first
appearance:
jcxp.net - 29.06.2006
Google adds More Shortcuts to Gmail, trick to check them all
Everyone loves things that save them time. Seeing the success of the current shortcuts, Google has decided to add even more Gmail shortcuts to its
email service - the only problem now is remembering them all. Never fear! Google has also added a help key for shortcuts: “?”. Whenever
you are logged in, simply hold shift and hit the forward slash button on your keyboard to bring up the shortcut reference menu. Then, click anywhere
in Gmail off of the menu to close it. The feature is only available in the latest version of Gmail, which only works for English IE7 and Firefox 2.
Sorry Opera users, you got shafted again! If you have them off, enable shortcuts in Settings ("?" is a shortcut itself).
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neowin.net - 18.12.2007
