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Windows Vista Start Button for XP

Viorb is a freeware that gives you the possibility to replace the standard Windows XP start button with Windows Vista start button without changing the whole theme. If you use third-party or unsigned themes, the modified start button can be replaced as well.

At first I didn’t know why anyone, who falls into a group of users that love to modify their standard themes, would use it. For people like them, changing the start button merely won’t give any satisfaction whatsoever.

But then I realized that not every theme has the start button like the way we want it. We could simply migrating to another new theme, but what if the other elements of the theme like the typography, color composition, start menu, and others are too good to be replaced? This is where Viorb takes its role.

There is nothing to be installed. The Windows XP start button will be replaced by Vista start button once you launch the program. Simply right-click the icon on the tray and select “exit” to revert to the standard start button.

Download Viorb to have Windows Vista Start Button for XP.

Tags: freeeware, start button, start-menu, Themes, vista start button, windows software, windows start menu, windows-vista, windows-xp, xp

Hide Windows Start Button with Start Killer

Hiding Windows start button might make you interested if you are looking for another way to make your taskbar cleaner. While hiding the Quick Launch can be easily done, hiding the start button is a different story since it doesn’t have a clear option to do so like the Quick Launch. In this case, Start Killer is perhaps a freeware you want to keep.

Hiding Windows start button with Start Killer doesn’t mean that you cannot access it anymore. Start Killer only hides the start button to gain more space in the taskbar. The start menu can still be launched using a shortcut key either WIN key or Ctrl+Esc.

Before you hide it…

After the hiding…

There is no need to activate anything. The start button will be removed from the taskbar once you run the program. and will be restored once you close it. The icon of Start Killer is displayed in the tray by default, but it can also be hidden.

Start Killer

Tags: freeware, start button, windows