Windows 7 is totally accessible with window-eyes, the "classic shell" thing 
might not be.
Their is a configuration for windows 7 called "god mode".  It's a term from 
gaming.  My guy set my acer up that way, so I don't remember what windows 7 
looks like right out of the box.
What god mode does, is put everything from control panel in a single page, 
rather than in property sheets.  Now that I figured out how good the search 
in windows 7 is, I am not sure how advantageous this is.  It does make 
everything easier to find while learning windows 7.