Desktop Icons

[Guest]

Hi all, I have a little nuisance problem that you could probably help me
with...
The descriptions of the program below the icons on my desktop are all
highlighted with a blue background - for instance the icon for MS Word has a
text description below it that says "Microsoft Word" and normally this test
has no background colour until you click on the icon, then the description
text becomes highlighted with a background colour. Well, all my descriptions
below all of my icons are always highlighted with background colour whether I
click on them or not.
Any answers as to how I can restore the text back to the normal
unhighlighted view?
Neil McCready

 

[Guest]

Hey Neil
Go here: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-137

 

[alliscic]

Open System Properties in Control Panel, choose the Advanced tab, and
click Settings in the Performance section. Turn on the Use drop shadows
for icon labels on the desktop option, and click Ok.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Neil,

Desktop icons and icon labels may not display background transparency or the
drop shadow effect in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305117

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi all, I have a little nuisance problem that you could probably help me
with...
The descriptions of the program below the icons on my desktop are all
highlighted with a blue background - for instance the icon for MS Word has a
text description below it that says "Microsoft Word" and normally this test
has no background colour until you click on the icon, then the description
text becomes highlighted with a background colour. Well, all my descriptions
below all of my icons are always highlighted with background colour whether
I
click on them or not.
Any answers as to how I can restore the text back to the normal
unhighlighted view?
Neil McCready