Icons all over the place!!!

[Joe H]

Try having "Aling to grid" enabled.

 

[Si]

Hey Joe,

I tried that but it didn't make any difference

Si

 

[athanasian_creed]

Hey Joe,

I tried that but it didn't make any difference

Si

Probably a bug somewhere within XP - if it's so much a pain you may want to
try a 3rd party software such as Power Desk Pro 5 by Kroll (formerly
OnTrack) - it is a file management system similiar to Windows Explorer BUT
with much more options.

Good luck,

Ray