Win 7

I think I'm liking this...

[chewy]

Didn't do Vista - skipped straight from XP (on a Win 2K era DEdoubletoothpics laptop) right to Win7 and so far, so good.

but what happened to keystroke shortcuts in the start menu?

I have a preference to do as little mousing as possible (yes, probably repetitive motion strain injuries) and I PREFER to use the keyboard whenever possible.

how could they remove keyboard shortcuts?

[Brett_Tabke]

Ya, the new start menu takes quite awhile to get used too. There are some utils out there that can turn your start menu back into XP'like [askvg.com]. That is the first thing I do with a new win7 machine. It really cuts the employee learning curve.

> shortcuts

Yep - agreed. They turned it into a search routine (which I have yet to use for anyting but playing).

Rename you fav program/shortcuts with a number in front of them "1 name, 2 name" so that your 1-2 shortcuts can work again.

Pin your favs to the start menu.

[chewy]

of course, this is good move is costing me as I was an Outlook Express user - and there is no apparent easy path that I can find to migrate up to Outlook these days.

anyone got any experience on this - is there a decent tool that really works?

I'm sort of mid project here, and my email functions as project management, and without it, fortunately no big problems are making my phones ring, but I am sorta up the creek without much paddling power here until I get my email accounts going again.

[marcel]

of course, this is good move is costing me as I was an Outlook Express user

Outlook Express has been replaced by Windows Mail in Windows 7 (and in Vista)
[download.live.com...]

[ergophobe]

I find I do way less mousing with Vista.

Way back: click Start button, hunt for app, launch

Then: install Launchy, click Alt-F1, start typing, then hit return\

Now: hit the Start key on the keyboard, type a couple of chars, hit return. Luanches app.

Only problem, I think Launchy does a better job of learning my prefs.