Vista Upgrade to Win10?

IMO if you could get "drivers" for all the internal hardware
XP would run circles around win 8.1 .. on the same PC

bcsdguy wrote:
Install xp on your new computer after wiping out that damn 8.

I would wait a month and install Windows 10 for free before going back to a 13 year old OS with zero support from Microsoft.

Great ..thank you

Nice, strollin. Thanks.

MrWizard wrote:
Strollin
I'll try that..thank you

It works in Win 7 & Win 10 as well.

Strollin
I'll try that..thank you

strollin wrote:
What a complete Programs menu of ALL of your installed programs without a 3rd party app?

Right-click on Taskbar, select Toolbars->New Toolbar...

Put "%programdata%\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs" into the folder box (without quotes) and click "Select Folder" button. You'll now have a Programs toolbar on the Taskbar that has all of your installed programs listed on it. As you install new programs they will automatically show up in the menu.

Cute trick. My list is a bit long, but it's still useful. Thanks

What a complete Programs menu of ALL of your installed programs without a 3rd party app?

Right-click on Taskbar, select Toolbars->New Toolbar...

Put "%programdata%\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs" into the folder box (without quotes) and click "Select Folder" button. You'll now have a Programs toolbar on the Taskbar that has all of your installed programs listed on it. As you install new programs they will automatically show up in the menu.

yes Da***** typing search is what i have been doing

BTW that Windows key plus "X"
only brings up the same limited menu that i get by moving the cursor to start and "right clicking"

nothing different nothing extra

thanks for the control panel ICON tip.. that helps

MrWizard wrote:
... want the calculator ? or Notepad ? no more windows accessorizes.. gotta search ...

Instead of fighting it, why not embrace Search in Win 8.1? It can find things very quickly. On my 8.1 machine, searching for calculator, by the time I've typed "ca", it's already located it, doubt I could find it in the Win 7 Start menu any faster. Same with notepad, I type "no" and it's located it already.

bwanshoom wrote:

strollin wrote:

AllegroD wrote:
The pop up menu is back in 10. You won't need Classic Shell.

It cracks me up when I see someone say the Start menu is back in Win 10. The Start menu in Win 10 is more or less a windowed version of Win 8.x's Start screen. The tiles are still there and the apps are still there, the only thing that changed is that the menu isn't full-screen.

I think that might be a bit of an oversimplification. It's not the same as Win7, but it's not just that it isn't full-screen.

Somewhat simplified, yes, that's why I said "more or less". It isn't that big of a departure.