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Web gadgets run on Web sites such as Live.com and Windows Live Spaces. Live.com lets users add RSS feeds in order to view news at a glance. Building off Microsoft's start.com experimental page, Live.com can be customized with Web Gadgets, mini-applications that can serve almost any purpose (e.g. mail readers, weather reports, slide shows, search, games, etc.).
Some functionality from the Start menu was removed and replaced with other features. Folders and groups [1] [note 3] Live tiles, but the Widgets panel provides portions of what the live tiles of Windows 10's bundled apps provided [1] Recent and pinned files on pinned apps
User control over Windows Updates is removed (except in enterprise versions). In earlier versions, users could opt for updates to be installed automatically, or to be notified so they could update as and when they wished, or not to be notified; and they could choose which updates to install, using information about the updates.
Start button was removed from the taskbar (although it was added again in Windows 8.1). Replacement methods for invoking Start screen include a hotspot in the lower left corner of the screen, where the Start screen tile pops up, and a Start button among "the charms". [1] "Recent documents" menu is removed from Start screen. [2]
Dynamically pinning default web browser and e-mail client programs on the Start menu is no longer possible. Programs can still be, however, manually pinned to the Start menu in Windows 7. Internet Explorer Favorites and History are no longer grouped under a separate header in the Windows 7 Start Menu as they were in the Windows Vista Start Menu.
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Microsoft Start was a web portal that featured news headlines and articles that MSN editors chose. The app included sections for top stories, regional events, international events, politics , money, technology, entertainment, opinion, sports, and crime, along with other miscellaneous stories.
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