Toggle Control Panel view in Windows XP

Windows XP Control Panel has two views - category and classic. The category view lists items grouped according to their behavior or functionality. The classic view lists all the items in the same window. You can toggle between the two views easily. Here is how :

1. Open the Control Panel from Start Menu → Control Panel.
2. To toggle from the category view to the classic view, click on Switch to Classic view as shown :
   
3. o toggle from the category view to the classic view, click on Switch to Category view as shown :
   

If you are using the Category View, then you can click on the Other Control Panel options link in the left side to access the Control Panel items installed by third-party applications like NVidia or ATi graphics card options etc.