Icon Name Text Shadow

[Barno]

Hi all,
Sorry if this has been answered before but I can't find it anywhere, I have
just bought a new pc with XP on and the text under the icons appears to have
a shadow under it, on the desktop and within folders. The question is, is
this correct? and how do I get rid of it because it is really annoying.
TIA.

 

[Charles May]

In system properties click on the advanced tab, click the settings button
under performance and de-select Use drop shadows for icon labels on the
desktop.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Sorry if this has been answered before but I can't find it anywhere, I have
just bought a new pc with XP on and the text under the icons appears to have
a shadow under it, on the desktop and within folders. The question is, is
this correct? and how do I get rid of it because it is really annoying.

It is the default setup; you can turn it off at Control Panel - System -
Advanced - in Performance click Settings and in the Custom panel,
uncheck 'Use drop shadows under icon. . .'

Note that this will show the title on a small tablet of whatever
background color you have set for Control Panel - Display - Desktop so
you may want to adjust that to something that looks well with your
wallpaper. It is only if you have the drop shadow on that this becomes
transparent

 

[Barno]

Thanks for that I have done so, and it has got rid of the shadows on the
desktop but not on the open files in a folder, any idea how to get rid of
those?
TIA