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  2. Add, rename, and change your toolbar icons in AOL Desktop ...

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    3. Left-click a product or service | Click Add to Toolbar. Want to make your toolbar stand out? Customize it by adding personalized labels and images. 1. Sign in to AOL Desktop Gold. 2. Right-click the toolbar icon you'd like to edit | Click Edit. 3. Search for or select an icon. 4. Enter a label name. 5. Click Save.

  3. List of features removed in Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    The Power icon on the taskbar only appears for laptops, and desktop computers with a USB-based UPS.; The Network icon on the taskbar does not give direct access to the connection settings, connection status, firewall settings, or disabling the connection.

  4. Development of Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    e. The development of Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn) began in May 2001, [ 1 ] prior to the release of Microsoft 's Windows XP operating system, and continued until November 2006, where it was eventually released to manufacturing. Windows Vista was then released generally to retail on January 30, 2007.

  5. Taskbar - Wikipedia

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    The taskbar is a graphical user interface element that has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, displaying and facilitating switching between running programs. The taskbar and the associated Start Menu were created and named in 1993 by Daniel Oran, a program manager at Microsoft who had previously collaborated on great ape language ...

  6. Features new to Windows Vista - Wikipedia

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    Siblings. Compared with previous versions of Microsoft Windows, features new to Windows Vista are numerous, covering most aspects of the operating system, including additional management features, new aspects of security and safety, new I/O technologies, new networking features, and new technical features. Windows Vista also removed some others.

  7. Windows Aero - Wikipedia

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    Windows Aero (a backronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective, and Open[1][2]) is the design language introduced in the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. The changes introduced by Windows Aero encompassed many elements of the Windows interface, with the introduction of a new visual style with an emphasis on animation, glass, and ...

  8. Classic Shell - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. File Explorer - Wikipedia

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    File Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application and default desktop environment that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems, as well as user interface elements such as the taskbar and ...