DianeVan
Fri May 09 14:29:33 PDT 2008
Thanks for your help. I'm not at work today, but I will try these 4 things
on Monday.
Thanks again. It was just too ugly.
Diane
"Alan Edwards" <edwards@southcom.com.au> wrote in message
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> Four things are required for transparent icon backgrounds:
>
> 1.Control Panel-System-Advanced-Performance Settings.
> Check "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop" on the Visual
> Effects tab.
>
> 2.Right-click on Desktop - "Arrange Icons by" and ensure Lock Web
> items is cleared.
>
> 3.Transparency will not work if you have web content on your desktop,
> Control Panel - Display Properties - Desktop tab - Customize Desktop -
> Web tab. Clear all check boxes.
>
> 4. Ensure the Wallpaper is an image file not HTML.
>
> ...Alan
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
>
http://dts-l.com/index.htm
>
>
>
> On Fri, 09 May 2008 19:59:24 GMT, in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers, "DianeVan"
> <DianeVan@somewhere.com> wrote:
>
>>I'm not really a new user, but I always forget stuff when I have to set up
>>again. New job, new user,
>>
>>My icons on the desktop have big ugly rectangles where the names of the
>>icons are written. How to I make them (the rectangles) transparent so I
>>just see the icons and the names of them? Not a screen problem as other
>>users on this same machine are OK. I tried looking carefully at the set
>>up
>>but I can't see any difference between mine and theirs.
>>
>>Thanks a lot.
>>Diane
>>