On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:21:18 -0400, "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers"
| Go to the Control Panel/System applet/Advanced tab, click on the performance
| settings button. On the Visual Effects tab, scroll to near the bottom,
| ensure that "use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" is checked. If
| it isn't, check it and apply/ok your way out.
|
| If it is checked, uncheck it. Click apply/ok/ok, then reboot the machine. Go
| back and reenable it
And if that doesn't work, right-click the desktop background, select
"Arrange icons by" and unmark the "Lock web items on the desktop"
option.
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