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The Windows 95 Start menu. The Start menu first appeared in Windows 95.It was made to overcome the shortcomings of Program Manager in previous operating systems. [5] Program Manager consisted of a simple multiple document interface (MDI) which allowed users to open separate "program groups" and then execute the shortcuts to programs contained within.
In Windows XP only, there is a "Shut Down" menu that provides access to Standby, Hibernate, Turn off, Restart, Log Off, and Switch User. This is because, by default in Windows XP, pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete opens the Task Manager instead of opening a dialog that provides access to the Task Manager in addition to the options mentioned above.
When a user is logging on to Windows, the startup sound is played, the shell (usually EXPLORER.EXE) is loaded from the [boot] section of the SYSTEM.INI file, and startup items are loaded. In all versions of Windows 9x except ME, it is also possible to load Windows by booting to a DOS prompt and typing "win".
The Microsoft Sound, as well as Windows 2000's startup and shutdown sounds under the names Windows Logon Sound and Windows Logoff Sound respectively were removed in favor of the new startup and shutdown sounds introduced with Windows XP. It is no longer possible to save or delete schemes under the Appearance tab of Display Properties.
Taskbar and Start Menu (rundll32.exe shell32.dll, Options_RunDLL 1) Allows the user to change the behavior and appearance of the task bar and Start Menu; Specifies whether to use Windows XP/Vista or Classic 9x/2000/Me styles on the taskbar and start menu (in versions of Windows prior to 7). Whether the taskbar should Auto-Hide.
Classic Shell is a computer program for Microsoft Windows that provides user interface elements intended to restore familiar features from past versions of Windows. [4] It focuses on the Start menu, File Explorer and Internet Explorer — three major components of the Windows shell although it also does some minor tweaks for the Windows Taskbar.
The Startup task pane in Word 2002. Office XP introduces a task pane interface that consolidates popular menu bar commands on the right side of the screen to facilitate quick access to them. [48] Office XP includes Startup, Search, Clipboard, and Insert Clip Art task panes, [49] as well as task panes that are exclusive to certain programs. Word ...
Windows XP shutdown dialog box Windows 11 power menu, opened from the Start menu To shut down or power off a computer is to remove power from a computer's main components in a controlled way. After a computer is shut down, main components such as CPUs , RAM modules and hard disk drives are powered down, although some internal components, such ...