Prior to Vista the Start Menu was very limited. With Vista and Windows 7 type anything you want to start or open in the Start Menu, especially control panel items. A list of suggestions will be displayed. For example on a laptop type in "Mobility Center" and see what you get. If you have turned off indexing from an old XP tweak habit, this will not work as well.
A lame suggestion you say? I have watched numerous users oblivious of this Start Menu tactic. Would you rather search and dig through control panel to set Clear Type or simply type "clear type" into the Start Menu?