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On our desktop icons the names are all lit up in blue. How do we get them to
go back to the normal?? Thanks in advance
 
Scott said:
On our desktop icons the names are all lit up in blue. How do we get
them to go back to the normal?? Thanks in advance
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What exactly do you mean by "lit up in blue"? Remember, we can't see
your desktop from here. If you mean that the icon text now appears in a
box instead of being transparent:

Open the System applet 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.

Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:

1) System Properties>Advanced>Performance Settings>VisualEffects - check
"use drop shadows for icon labels".

2) Right-click on Desktop ->Arrange Icons by>Lock Web items must be
cleared.

3) If you have any web content on your desktop, transparency won't work.
To check for web content: Display Properties>Desktop>Customize
Desktop>Web - make sure all checkboxes are clear.

4) Wallpaper must be an image file, not html.

Malke
 
What is a screenshot? I'm not very advanced in this whole computer thing! lol
Thanks Bryan!
 
Thanks Malke! We will be sure to try this.

Malke said:
What exactly do you mean by "lit up in blue"? Remember, we can't see
your desktop from here. If you mean that the icon text now appears in a
box instead of being transparent:

Open the System applet 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.

Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:

1) System Properties>Advanced>Performance Settings>VisualEffects - check
"use drop shadows for icon labels".

2) Right-click on Desktop ->Arrange Icons by>Lock Web items must be
cleared.

3) If you have any web content on your desktop, transparency won't work.
To check for web content: Display Properties>Desktop>Customize
Desktop>Web - make sure all checkboxes are clear.

4) Wallpaper must be an image file, not html.

Malke
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Are you talking about the filenames in the My Computer --> Hard Drive (C:)??
If yes, this is very normal, since this indicates that XP has decided to
"compress" these older files in order to save space. They will/should be
expanded automatically when you next access them.
 
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