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Subject: Re: Proposal to Keep WinXP Support "Alive"
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:08:12 -0500
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On 12/20/2012 9:34 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:48:10 -0500, "knuttle"
>  wrote in article  email.me>...
>>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>> You do *not* have to use the Modern/Metro interface, and if you
>>>> don't, it's hardly distinguishable from Windows 7,
>>
>>
>> Would you tell us how to lock it so it defaults to the Desktop mode not
>> the "Modern/Metro interface"
>>
>> Or are we going to be stuck with starting in "Modern/Metro interface",
>> like we are stuck with collapsing menus from earlier Windows versions
>
> Closest you can come is to start in TIFKAM (The Interface Formerly
> Known As Metro) and have it switch to the desktop shortly after (just a
> few seconds, depending on your system speed) and provide a start menu
> by using a start menu replacement utility like Start8, Classic Shell,
> etc.
>
I very rarely use the start menu as such. I have moved all of the icons 
from the desktop and have my photographs as wall paper.

I have all of my active programs in the Quick launch toolbar, and other 
programs are located in folders that are in the Quick launch toolbar.

The only time I go to the start menu is to shut down the computer.

I suspect that even if I have to go through the weird interface the 
quick launch toolbar is history and there will be no way to clear the 
desk top for your own photos.

Window X SP3, will change when I need to replace the computer, as 
nothing practical will be available.
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