How to make Start Menu look like XP's

hello everyone,, i'm a newbie in this forum,, this is my 2nd post,, and i really need some help here,, I tried to change the image in the start menu (in white background) using restorator to be transparent, but had no effect,,:cry: when I tried to change to a transparent image, programs in...

I've already picked the smallest icons for the start menu Is it possible to make the start menu text smaller too? I have a 1366x768 screen, and would like to fit more pinned apps to the start menu by shrinking the text

Before, when I would type anything into my seach menu, pretty much everything on the computer would show up, now only certain things do. I did the properties, display all folders, etc and it is doing the same thing. How can I fx this? Windows 7 ultimate, 64 bit HP

How can you make the folders behave as menus in the start menu? For example when I click on All Programs and there is a folder called Microsoft Office, I would like to click or hover on it to show the contents off to the side instead of opening a window. Everything is backwards in my start...

I would like to be able to make one by just right clicking on a startmenu item and "Send to Desktop as a shortcut".. or similiar. ( as pre windows 7) I know how to "pin" but that's different. As it is,the right button does nothing. If I try to drag the program icon across.. it loads the program....