Recreate your XP ambience in Windows Vista with Windows Vista Help

After six years of being glued to Windows XP, it’s likely that you haven’t got acclimatized to the attributes of Windows Vista. As the Windows Vista help team reports, there are several users who are nostalgic about their Windows XP interface and desirous of recreating the same in their Windows Vista OS. Here, the Windows Vista help team gives you an account on how to get back your XP like Start button and Start menu in your Windows Vista OS:

Get back your XP like Start Button

According to the Windows Vista help team, you can get back your XP like Start Button in Windows Vista by performing the following steps.

1. Right-click on your Windows Vista desktop and select “Personalize”.
2. Double-click on “Theme”.
3. Once you have entered the Theme window, the Windows Vista help team says that, you have to select “Windows Classic” from the drop-down menu.
4. Click on “Apply” and save the changes you have made.

Get back your XP like Start Menu

You must be really missing your Start Menu in Windows XP, which had all your programs listed within easy reach. In order to recreate your XP like Start Menu in Windows Vista, the Windows Vista help team recommends executing the following steps.

1. Right-click on “Start”.
2. Select “Properties” from the popup menu.
3. Click on the “Start Menu” tab.
4. Choose the radio button next to “Classic Menu”.
5. Click on the option “Customize”.
6. The Windows Vista remote support team says that you may now make the required changes to get back your XP like Start Menu.

Well, that’s it! You have successfully recreated your Windows XP ambience by performing the above procedure prescribed by the Windows Vista help team.

For any further assistance, please get in touch with the Windows Vista help team.

Windows Vista help to disable a Password change prompt

Passwords are authentication or security codes set by individuals to ensure privacy, security and safety of their documents. You have the provision to set a password for your Vista computer login, so that, you can ensure that your system is safe. Until and unless the correct password that is previously set is entered, the computer will deny you access.

In your Windows Vista computer, it is also possible to set a Password Expiration process to log into the system. Password Expiration means that the password you set for your system is valid only for a certain period of time. After this time has expired, the operating system will prompt you to change your password before you can log in to your system. The Windows Vista help team explains that this authentication is required to enforce account security in your Vista and it eliminates the risk of your system being compromised.

In order to change the password prompt to reduce the overhead of having to create a new password every time, you can follow these simple Windows Vista remote support guidelines.

Windows Vista help instructions

Creating new passwords after each expiration period and memorizing them is indeed a difficult task. The Vista remote support team has formed these well defined step by step instructions to help you on the issue.

• Press the “Windows” logo seen at the bottom left corner of your Vista screen and the “R” keys simultaneously to bring up the Run prompt.
• Type “secpool.msc” without quotation marks to open the Local Security Policy.
• Expand “Security Settings”, and then “Account Policies”. After this, click on “Password Policy” on the left pane of the Local Security
  

  Windows Vista Remote Support

  Policy window.

• Double click “Maximum Password Age” given towards the right pane of the window.
• In the “days” field on the bottom of the “Maximum password Age Properties” dialog box, type “0”. You will then get a message stating, “Password will not expire” directly above it.
• Click “OK” to save your settings.

After following these steps in your Vista computer, the password you have set for login will not expire and there won’t be any password change prompts appearing, until you make a change to it.