I took a screen shot of my new Start menu and posted it below. Yours probably won't be quite this big, but this will give you an idea of what it looks like.

The beauty of this new Start menu is that everything is customizable. If you don't like the fact that a program is called Microsoft Word, you can rename it Word, or anything else that you like. You can sort the programs by name, group them by type, or manually move them wherever you like. In most Windows versions, when you delete a program, it is removed from the Start menu and all of the other program names and icons move. So when you look for a program that used to be in a certain location, it has moved and you have to search for it all over again. The VistaStartMenu solves that problem. The program names and icons stay in the same place unless you move them. This means that a program will remain in the same place all the time. That means that use can use your visual memory to locate any item. If it was in the middle of the third column last time you used it, it will be in the same place when you try to find it again.

The program also gives you large icons for Logout, Reboot, Hibernate, and Turning Off the computer. Thankfully, you can easily enlarge or reduce the size of the items, a blessing for aging eyes! You can also drag the corner of the Start menu to enlarge the entire menu. You can make it as big as the screen. If you use two monitors, like I do, you can even move it to the second screen. Any changes that you make will be remembered. So the next time you use it, it will appear with your previous customizations.

The Vista Start Menu is divided into sections with numbers and letters. You can use these to access any program with a few keyboard choices, or you can ignore these and continue to use the Start Menu in the common way. There is also a search box that will quickly search for programs for you. Just start typing "Word" into the box and the first choice will likely be Microsoft Word. This gives Windows XP users a taste of the excellent search function that is built into Vista.

This program is feature-laden enough for a power user, but also simple enough for the average computer user. I suggest that you watch the demo to understand all the program's capabilities. For a free program, it has a lot of depth.