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Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2
Optimizing Windows Vista’s Interface2
Everything that connects you—the user—to the computer is collectively referred to
as the user interface. The basic elements of the user interface include the desktop,
Start menu, taskbar, windows, dialog boxes, and wizards. These basic elements
remain in Windows Vista, and you’ll be able to work with them in much the same
way as you have previously. Many other aspects of the user interface in Windows
Vista have been revised, however, making this the most sweeping overhaul of the
user interface in the history of Windows. Because of the massive changes, you’ll find
that you have to learn new