User Interface Switching Between XP and Classic

23 April, 2003

SLAC installed Windows XP client computers have the Windows Classic interface.  The Windows Classic interface was adopted since this was similar to the Windows NT/Windows 2000 interface.  Below are instructions for users to switch back and forth between Windows Classic and Windows XP interfaces.

Switching between Windows XP and Windows Classic interface:

• Desktop and Start Menu/Taskbar
  
  
• Folders
  
  
• Control Panel:
  1) Switching from Windows XP to Windows Classic
  
  2) Switching from Windows Classic to Windows XP
  To get back to Windows XP view of the Control Panel,
  first check that Folders are set to allow this.
  Go to Explorer->Tools->Folder Options->General tab->Tasks,
  select 'Show common tasks in folders'.
  Then go to Control Panel windows to select 'Switch to Category View'

Microsoft 'Intro to Using Windows Classic View'

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