The Start button was first introduced with the release of Microsoft Windows 95 and featured in all future releases of Microsoft Windows up to Windows 8. The Start button allows users to access their computer programs or configure Microsoft Windows easily. The picture to the right shows different examples of the Start buttons found in Windows. The first gray Start button was the first Start button found in early versions of Microsoft Windows. In the second picture, this Start button made a brief appearance in Windows XP. Next, Start was removed and the button was made into the Start Orb, which just had the Windows logo in a circle and used with Windows Vista and Windows 7. Finally, Microsoft removed the Start button from Windows 8, but later brought it back with Windows 8.1.