Desktop Changed after virus attack

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Hi. My friend has a problem with his desktop after a virus. I asked him to
print screen and send it to me. what has happened is that all his desktop
Icons apear to be perminantly selected with the text in boxes. If I hilight
an icon the text turns white with a blue background (a microsoft standerd
effect) his is Black with a light brown. It looks as though it is also theme
related but XP does not come with themes (unlike ME whivh has hundreds). I
don't know if he is on XP home or XP pro. I am pretty good at working this
kind of thing out but here I am stumped.


Desmond
 
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Hi. My friend has a problem with his desktop after a virus. I asked him to
print screen and send it to me. what has happened is that all his desktop
Icons apear to be perminantly selected with the text in boxes. If I hilight
an icon the text turns white with a blue background (a microsoft standerd
effect) his is Black with a light brown. It looks as though it is also theme
related but XP does not come with themes (unlike ME whivh has hundreds). I
don't know if he is on XP home or XP pro. I am pretty good at working this
kind of thing out but here I am stumped.


Desmond
Click to expand...

1.Remove all Active desktop items :
.... Right click Desktop
.... Properties
.... Desktop tab
.... Customize desktop button
.... Web tab
.... Uncheck all items and click OK


2. Uncheck Lock icons
.... Right click Desktop
.... Point to Arrange icons by
.... Uncheck "Lock web items"


3. Use Drop shadows for icons
.... Click Start
.... Click Run
.... Type sysdm.cpl ,3
.... Click Enter
.... Click the first "Settings" button
.... Scroll down and tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels...."

Good Luck, Ayush.
 
Replied to [Otuatail]s message :
Unable to locate sysdm.cpl this is not on my hard disk.
Click to expand...


Right click My Computer , Properties
Advanced tab, Click the first "Settings" button
Scroll down and tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels...."


Good Luck, Ayush.
 
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