What's new on the Start menu?

The Start menu contains several new items:

• Favorites: Enables you to open your favorite Web sites from anywhere on your computer. In fact, you'll notice that your list of favorite items is available not only from the Start menu, but from the menu bars in My Computer, Network Neighborhood, Windows Explorer, Control Panel, and even the Recycle Bin.
• Settings: Contains two new commands. With Folder Options you can quickly open the Folder Options dialog box, where you can change settings like double-clicking. With Active Desktop you can customize the Active Desktop interface or turn it on or off.
• Find: Contains a new On the Internet command, which you can use to search the Internet.
• Log Off: Enables you to quickly log off of the computer so that a different user can log on (or so you can log on again later).

In addition, you can now easily rearrange the contents of the Favorites and Programs menus on the Start menu by dragging and dropping the icons where you want them.

See the following topics to find out about the new ways you can use the Start menu:

Open a favorite Web site from the Start menu

Search the Web from the Start menu

Drag and drop items on the Start menu

Log off quickly to change users