Right click on the taskbar. Select Properties. Choose the Start Menu tab.
If the Classic Start Menu is selected click on Start Menu just above. Does
that change you back to what you want?

"connie" <connie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6200259-073A-4E5F-9045-A7E8E6F443FB@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> okay so you know how windows vista has that little circle as the start
> button?
>
> mine doesnt anymore!!
>
> and the start menu looks like the old windows and i have tried to change
> the
> theme to windows vista but it stays the same.
>
> if anybody knows what i could do, please let me know.[/color]