....somehow the blue panel that appears on the left-side of
most windows - i.e. in the Control Panel Windows it says,
"Control Panel" with sub-selection "Switch to classic view"
- has been turned off or disabled somehow. How do i Get
this blue menu panel turned back on?

Greetings,

Please don't double post

Anyway, follow these directions below:

1) Right Click "My Computer" > Properties
2) Choose the "Advaced Tab" and select "Perfomance"
3) and just tick on "Show Common Tasks in Folder"

Thanks and best of luck!

--
Jose Francisco
http://www.xpez.tk
Still got problems - Email me!
chicofar at onvol dot net

"J.A.Redding" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:808601c47777$3734d780$(E-Mail Removed)...
> ...somehow the blue panel that appears on the left-side of
> most windows - i.e. in the Control Panel Windows it says,
> "Control Panel" with sub-selection "Switch to classic view"
> - has been turned off or disabled somehow. How do i Get
> this blue menu panel turned back on?