Customizing taskbar and Start Menu in Windows is very easy and comes in very handy, to make your PC look and work in the way you want.

To change these properties click on the Start button and then in the menu that pops up, choose properties.

Now in the window that comes there are two tabs for Taskbar and Start menu. By default Start tab is selected.

There are two display styles for Start menu. The new XP style Start menu and the Classic Start menu. You can choose anyone and further customize its features, look and feel by clicking on the Customize button next to it.

Next comes the Taskbar tab

From here you can choose and customize the appearance of the taskbar like: lock, auto-hide, quick launch, clock and inactive icons tec.

Select all the features that you like and click Apply then click OK. It is as simple as that.