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07-01-2007, 04:05 PM
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Big Fishy
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Windows XP Question
I have kinda a stupid question for anyone out there thats good on computers. ( I thought i was ok, but this is stumping me bad). I walked into the bedroom the other day to see my 3 year old little girl banging on the keyboard of my computer with her sippy cup. Well, ever since then all my icons have a white background that they never had before. I want NO background and i've been all through the display settings and cant figure it out. Any ideas??
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Todd
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07-01-2007, 09:42 PM
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tried the restore feature?
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I'll just touch your face and drift away , like smoke rings in the dark
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07-02-2007, 07:41 AM
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Big Fishy
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Actually yes i did. Works great. Only problem is the stinkin background on the icons is still there after i do the restore. 
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07-02-2007, 08:09 AM
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Reefer and proud of it!!!
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I've done this before but right off the top of my head i cant remember. Give me a little time and if no one has aswered you i will see if i can help.
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07-02-2007, 08:16 AM
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 Instead of just building a reef in my home...I so wish I could afford to build my home in the reef!
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07-02-2007, 08:38 AM
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Montis 'R Us
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy1973
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That will take care of it.
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I can see by todays discussion that there seems to be a gray area between the real world and fantasyland!
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07-02-2007, 02:04 PM
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Big Fishy
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Thank you!! I'll give it a try.
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07-02-2007, 02:11 PM
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Big Fishy
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Tried it and its still there. This is annoying. Im downloading windowFX now. Its supposed to be able to fix it. The thing that gets me is it never had the background before and i didnt have a program to fix it. Its hard to tell what the sippy cup hacker did to it... If you look closely at my avatar you can see the innocence in her eyes.... (yeah right)
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07-02-2007, 05:56 PM
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Big Fishy
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ARRRGH!! that didnt work either. Guess i'm gonna have to get used to having white backgrounds on my icons 
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07-02-2007, 05:58 PM
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Is your desktop picture a BMP or a JPG?
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Fish Man Eric
34g Starfire Reef
I can see by todays discussion that there seems to be a gray area between the real world and fantasyland!
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07-02-2007, 06:07 PM
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Montis 'R Us
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When the text under the icons on your desktop are not transparent, there are two things to check. First open System from the Control Panel, select the Advanced tab, and press the Settings button under the Performance header. Make sure that on the Visual Effects tab, the option Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop is selected. Also make sure that Smooth edges of screen fonts is checked, it is also needed.
If this still doesn't do the trick, right-click the desktop, point to Arrange Icons By and make sure that Lock Web Items on Desktop is un-checked. Chances are it is this one. It can be easily done with a few mouse clicks.
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Fish Man Eric
34g Starfire Reef
I can see by todays discussion that there seems to be a gray area between the real world and fantasyland!
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07-02-2007, 08:46 PM
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Big Fishy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ScruffyRubicon
If this still doesn't do the trick, right-click the desktop, point to Arrange Icons By and make sure that Lock Web Items on Desktop is un-checked. Chances are it is this one. It can be easily done with a few mouse clicks.
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Hahaha!!! This did it! Thank you so much! My desktop is now back to normal!
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07-02-2007, 08:48 PM
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Montis 'R Us
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Originally Posted by stang5_o2002
Hahaha!!! This did it! Thank you so much! My desktop is now back to normal!
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Your welcome!
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Fish Man Eric
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