Where is my "Start menu" ??? Hari Hari Mau <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> 12/12/2008 6:57:22 AM Hmm... just discover this !! Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following picture --- www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibility/customizestartmenu1.jpg Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and found something really weird ! As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items under the "Start Menu" tab -- "Start menu" and "Classic Start menu" Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! What is going on??? How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks like the one in the picture?? Please help. Thanks!!

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Sinner" <sinner[ at ]gatesofhell.org> 12/12/2008 7:17:15 AM "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hmm... just discover this !! > > Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following > picture --- > > www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibility/customizestartmenu1.jpg > > Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and > found something really weird ! > > As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items > under the "Start Menu" tab -- > > "Start menu" > > and > > "Classic Start menu" > > Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! > > What is going on??? > > How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks > like the one in the picture?? > > Please help. > Maybe you're using Windows XP Home Basic. I'd backup my data, format and re-install XP. At least one of the newsgroups you posted to isn't carried by my isp's news server and throws an error when I try to respond. Pick a newsgroup, ask your question and if you don't get a response, ask somewhere else. Cross-posting will get you in my killfile rather quickly.

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? Raymond Babbitt <raymondbb[ at ]geeemail.com> 12/12/2008 11:26:19 AM On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:17:15 -0500, "Sinner" <sinner[ at ]gatesofhell.org> wrote: [Quoted Text] > >"Hari Hari Mau" <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message >news:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> Hmm... just discover this !! >> >> Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following >> picture --- >> >> www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibility/customizestartmenu1.jpg >> >> Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and >> found something really weird ! >> >> As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items >> under the "Start Menu" tab -- >> >> "Start menu" >> >> and >> >> "Classic Start menu" >> >> Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! >> >> What is going on??? >> >> How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks >> like the one in the picture?? >> >> Please help. >> > >Maybe you're using Windows XP Home Basic. WRONG answer. Home Basic looks exactly like the picture. >I'd backup my data, format and re-install XP. > >At least one of the newsgroups you posted to isn't carried by my isp's news >server and throws an error when I try to respond. Your problem, not the OP's... or mine, for that matter. >?Pick a newsgroup, ask >your question and if you don't get a response, ask somewhere else. >Cross-posting will get you in my killfile rather quickly. With the crappy advice you gave as an example of your technical prowess, you should put everyone in your killfile, you moron... that way they would never get a reply from you.

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Roy Smith" <nobody[ at ]nowhere.com> 12/12/2008 11:27:02 AM "Sinner" <sinner[ at ]gatesofhell.org> wrote in message news:jco0l.7001$mw2.874[ at ]bignews4.bellsouth.net... [Quoted Text] > > "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > news:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> Hmm... just discover this !! >> >> Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following >> picture --- >> >> www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibility/customizestartmenu1.jpg >> >> Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and >> found something really weird ! >> >> As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items >> under the "Start Menu" tab -- >> >> "Start menu" >> >> and >> >> "Classic Start menu" >> >> Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! >> >> What is going on??? >> >> How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks >> like the one in the picture?? >> >> Please help. >> > > Maybe you're using Windows XP Home Basic. There is no such animal. There is XP Home, Pro, Media Center, and Windows XP Starter Edition. XP Starter Edition is a lower-cost version of Windows XP available in Thailand, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, Russia, India, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela. It is similar to Windows XP Home, but is limited to low-end hardware, can only run 3 programs at a time, and has some other features either removed or disabled by default. According to a Microsoft press release, Windows XP Starter Edition is "a low-cost introduction to the Microsoft Windows XP operating system designed for first-time desktop PC users in developing countries. > I'd backup my data, format and re-install XP. Is that your answer to all your problems? There is a remedy that isn't as drastic as what you've recommended... > At least one of the newsgroups you posted to isn't carried by my isp's > news server and throws an error when I try to respond. Pick a newsgroup, > ask your question and if you don't get a response, ask somewhere else. > Cross-posting will get you in my killfile rather quickly. -- Roy Smith http://roysmith1959.spaces.live.com/

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Roy Smith" <nobody[ at ]nowhere.com> 12/12/2008 11:38:33 AM This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C95C1B.DF083820 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message = news:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...= [Quoted Text] > Hmm... just discover this !! >=20 > Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following > picture --- >=20 > = www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibility= /customizestartmenu1.jpg >=20 > Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and > found something really weird ! >=20 > As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items > under the "Start Menu" tab -- >=20 > "Start menu" >=20 > and >=20 > "Classic Start menu" >=20 > Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! >=20 > What is going on??? >=20 > How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks > like the one in the picture?? >=20 > Please help. It's a simple fix, though it does require making some changes in your = computer's registry. Make a backup of your registry before making any = changes just in case. If you don't know how to do that then read this = article: How to Backup and Restore the Registry. Now to restore the Start Menu Go to Start =3D> Run and type in "regedit" = {without the quotes} Navigate to: = HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Expl= orer In the right-hand pane, right-click on NoSimpleStartMenu and Modify its = Value to decimal 0 [dword:00000000] Logoff and logon again (or restart) for the changes to take effect. --=20 Roy Smith http://roysmith1959.spaces.live.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C95C1B.DF083820 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dunicode"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16762" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3DMailContainerBody=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff leftMargin=3D0 topMargin=3D0 CanvasTabStop=3D"true"=20 name=3D"Compose message area"><FONT size=3D2></FONT><BR><BR>"Hari Hari = Mau"=20 <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message=20 news:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...= <BR>>=20 Hmm... just discover this !!<BR>> <BR>> Wondering around the = wonderful=20 world of Internet I found the following<BR>> picture ---<BR>> = <BR>>=20 www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibility= /customizestartmenu1.jpg<BR>>=20 <BR>> Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own = PC=20 and<BR>> found something really weird !<BR>> <BR>> As you can = see in=20 the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items<BR>> under the = "Start=20 Menu" tab --<BR>> <BR>> "Start menu"<BR>> <BR>> and<BR>> = <BR>>=20 "Classic Start menu"<BR>> <BR>> Mine ... only the "Classic Start = menu"=20 appears !<BR>> <BR>> What is going on???<BR>> <BR>> How to = make it=20 so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks<BR>> like the = one in the=20 picture??<BR>> <BR>> Please help.<BR><BR>It's a simple fix, though = it does=20 require making some changes in your computer's registry.  Make a = backup of=20 your registry before making any changes just in case.  If you don't = know=20 how to do that then read this article: <A=20 href=3D"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756">How to Backup and = Restore the=20 Registry</A>.<BR><BR>Now to restore the Start Menu Go to Start =3D> = Run and=20 type in "regedit" {without the quotes}<BR><BR>Navigate to:=20 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Expl= orer<BR><BR>In=20 the right-hand pane, right-click on NoSimpleStartMenu and Modify its = Value to=20 decimal 0 [dword:00000000]<BR><BR>Logoff and logon again (or restart) = for the=20 changes to take effect.<BR><BR>-- <BR><BR>Roy=20 Smith<BR>http://roysmith1959.spaces.live.com/<BR></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_004D_01C95C1B.DF083820--

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Twayne" <nobody[ at ]devnull.spamcop.net> 12/12/2008 2:02:37 PM [Quoted Text] > "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message > news:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> Hmm... just discover this !! >> >> Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the >> following picture --- >> >> www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibility/customizestartmenu1.jpg >> >> Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and >> found something really weird ! >> >> As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items >> under the "Start Menu" tab -- >> >> "Start menu" >> >> and >> >> "Classic Start menu" >> >> Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! >> >> What is going on??? >> >> How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks >> like the one in the picture?? >> >> Please help. >> > > Maybe you're using Windows XP Home Basic. > > > I'd backup my data, format and re-install XP. > > At least one of the newsgroups you posted to isn't carried by my > isp's news server and throws an error when I try to respond. Pick a > newsgroup, ask your question and if you don't get a response, ask > somewhere else. Cross-posting will get you in my killfile rather > quickly. Uhh, Sinner, I assume you meant multi-posting. Cross posting would put it into all the newsgroups and once you'd seen it, it would be marked read in all the others when you go there. Excepting groups you don't get of course.

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Kelly" <kelly[ at ]kelly.com> 12/12/2008 7:19:13 PM Hi, Run the undo on line 167: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm -- All the Best and Happy Holidays, Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) Taskbar Repair Tool Plus! http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hmm... just discover this !! > > Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following > picture --- > > www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibility/customizestartmenu1.jpg > > Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and > found something really weird ! > > As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items > under the "Start Menu" tab -- > > "Start menu" > > and > > "Classic Start menu" > > Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! > > What is going on??? > > How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks > like the one in the picture?? > > Please help. > > Thanks!!

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Unknown" <unknown[ at ]unknown.kom> 12/12/2008 9:24:09 PM Of course that includes you! [Quoted Text] >However, I would prefer never seeing a 'microsoft.public.xxxx' group >included in a cross-post. (Too many idiots in them.) >

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "relic" <relic2[ at ]cjb.net> 12/12/2008 11:36:16 PM Unknown wrote: [Quoted Text] > Of course that includes you! Have you ever seen me top-post? THAT is what idiots do. >> However, I would prefer never seeing a 'microsoft.public.xxxx' group >> included in a cross-post. (Too many idiots in them.)

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? Hari Hari Mau <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> 12/13/2008 4:34:54 AM On Dec 12, 3:38 am, "Roy Smith" <nob...[ at ]nowhere.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau....[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > > > > > Hmm... just discover this !! > > > Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following > > picture --- > > >www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibi... > > > Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and > > found something really weird ! > > > As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items > > under the "Start Menu" tab -- > > > "Start menu" > > > and > > > "Classic Start menu" > > > Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! > > > What is going on??? > > > How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks > > like the one in the picture?? > > > Please help. > > It's a simple fix, though it does require making some changes in your computer's registry.  Make a backup of your registry before making any changes just in case.  If you don't know how to do that then read this article: How to Backup and Restore the Registry. > > Now to restore the Start Menu Go to Start => Run and type in "regedit" {without the quotes} > > Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explor er > > In the right-hand pane, right-click on NoSimpleStartMenu and Modify its Value to decimal 0 [dword:00000000] > > Logoff and logon again (or restart) for the changes to take effect. > > -- > > Roy Smithhttp://roysmith1959.spaces.live.com/ Thank you !!! That did the magic !!! Thanks again !!!!!!!!

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? Hari Hari Mau <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> 12/13/2008 4:39:12 AM Thanks for your very useful info, Kelly !!!! On Dec 12, 11:19 am, "Kelly" <ke...[ at ]kelly.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > Run the undo on line 167:  http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm > > -- > > All the Best and Happy Holidays, > Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP) > > Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm > > "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau....[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > > > Hmm... just discover this !! > > > Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following > > picture --- > > >www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibi... > > > Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and > > found something really weird ! > > > As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items > > under the "Start Menu" tab -- > > > "Start menu" > > > and > > > "Classic Start menu" > > > Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! > > > What is going on??? > > > How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks > > like the one in the picture?? > > > Please help. > > > Thanks!!

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Unknown" <unknown[ at ]unknown.kom> 12/13/2008 6:10:12 PM If you don't like top posting why don't you be polite, just shut up, ignore the poster and go on your merry way instead of ranting and raving like an idiot? Isn't THAT what idiots do? Rant and rave. "relic" <relic2[ at ]cjb.net> wrote in message news:2dri29.23d.17.1[ at ]news.alt.net... [Quoted Text] > Unknown wrote: >> Of course that includes you! > > Have you ever seen me top-post? THAT is what idiots do. > > >>> However, I would prefer never seeing a 'microsoft.public.xxxx' group >>> included in a cross-post. (Too many idiots in them.) > >

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Damian" <nospam[ at ]rabid-dog.net> 12/13/2008 6:21:55 PM Unknown wrote: [Quoted Text] > If you don't like top posting why don't you be polite, just shut up, > ignore the poster and > go on your merry way instead of ranting and raving like an idiot? > Isn't THAT what idiots do? Rant and rave. Please keep your dumb-arsed top-posting in the dumb-arsed microsoft.public groups. The civilized world don't top-post. > > "relic" <relic2[ at ]cjb.net> wrote in message > news:2dri29.23d.17.1[ at ]news.alt.net... >> Unknown wrote: >>> Of course that includes you! >> >> Have you ever seen me top-post? THAT is what idiots do. >> >> >>>> However, I would prefer never seeing a 'microsoft.public.xxxx' >>>> group included in a cross-post. (Too many idiots in them.)

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Unknown" <unknown[ at ]unknown.kom> 12/13/2008 6:28:28 PM You blind also? Count the number out of 100 posts. More civil than bottom posting. Or are you just trying to impress someone? "Damian" <nospam[ at ]rabid-dog.net> wrote in message news:gi0ubi$ibr$1[ at ]news.tornevall.net... [Quoted Text] > Unknown wrote: >> If you don't like top posting why don't you be polite, just shut up, >> ignore the poster and >> go on your merry way instead of ranting and raving like an idiot? >> Isn't THAT what idiots do? Rant and rave. > > Please keep your dumb-arsed top-posting in the dumb-arsed microsoft.public > groups. The civilized world don't top-post. > > >> >> "relic" <relic2[ at ]cjb.net> wrote in message >> news:2dri29.23d.17.1[ at ]news.alt.net... >>> Unknown wrote: >>>> Of course that includes you! >>> >>> Have you ever seen me top-post? THAT is what idiots do. >>> >>> >>>>> However, I would prefer never seeing a 'microsoft.public.xxxx' >>>>> group included in a cross-post. (Too many idiots in them.) > >

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Twayne" <nobody[ at ]devnull.spamcop.net> 12/14/2008 2:44:14 AM [Quoted Text] > Unknown wrote: >> If you don't like top posting why don't you be polite, just shut up, >> ignore the poster and >> go on your merry way instead of ranting and raving like an idiot? >> Isn't THAT what idiots do? Rant and rave. > > Please keep your dumb-arsed top-posting in the dumb-arsed > microsoft.public groups. The civilized world don't top-post. It "don't", huh? It "don't" tawl lyke dat eider. Pot-kettle > > >> >> "relic" <relic2[ at ]cjb.net> wrote in message >> news:2dri29.23d.17.1[ at ]news.alt.net... >>> Unknown wrote: >>>> Of course that includes you! >>> >>> Have you ever seen me top-post? THAT is what idiots do. >>> >>> >>>>> However, I would prefer never seeing a 'microsoft.public.xxxx' >>>>> group included in a cross-post. (Too many idiots in them.)

Re: Where is my "Start menu" ??? "Roy Smith" <nobody[ at ]nowhere.com> 12/14/2008 5:31:20 AM "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau.mau[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:c9e4f7f0-e083-41e1-b679-67a74c8ff570[ at ]r32g2000vba.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > On Dec 12, 3:38 am, "Roy Smith" <nob...[ at ]nowhere.com> wrote: >> "Hari Hari Mau" <harimau....[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in >> messagenews:d5e8edb7-4d11-4473-b727-39ac7ee892b0[ at ]a12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> > Hmm... just discover this !! >> >> > Wondering around the wonderful world of Internet I found the following >> > picture --- >> >> >www.microsoft.com/library/media/1033/windowsxp/images/using/accessibi... >> >> > Then I click the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" on my own PC and >> > found something really weird ! >> >> > As you can see in the that picture at Microsoft, there are two items >> > under the "Start Menu" tab -- >> >> > "Start menu" >> >> > and >> >> > "Classic Start menu" >> >> > Mine ... only the "Classic Start menu" appears ! >> >> > What is going on??? >> >> > How to make it so that my "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" looks >> > like the one in the picture?? >> >> > Please help. >> >> It's a simple fix, though it does require making some changes in your >> computer's registry. Make a backup of your registry before making any >> changes just in case. If you don't know how to do that then read this >> article: How to Backup and Restore the Registry. >> >> Now to restore the Start Menu Go to Start => Run and type in "regedit" >> {without the quotes} >> >> Navigate to: >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explor >> er >> >> In the right-hand pane, right-click on NoSimpleStartMenu and Modify its >> Value to decimal 0 [dword:00000000] >> >> Logoff and logon again (or restart) for the changes to take effect. >> >> -- >> >> Roy Smithhttp://roysmith1959.spaces.live.com/ > > Thank you !!! > > That did the magic !!! > > Thanks again !!!!!!!! No problem, glad to be of help. Thanks for the feedback! -- Roy Smith http://roysmith1959.spaces.live.com/