Dumb ? (sort of)

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Larry Mauriello

Ok, now I know there must be a simple explanation for this. But right now I
am at a loss.
I am trying to figure out how to take care of 2 things here. 1) Around ea.
desktop icon name is
what looks like a colored (blue) box. How do I turn this off so that just
the lettering displays?
2) I installed 1 program (after uninstalling), plus upgraded another
(Quicktime).
In my Start menu both of these prog. groups and progs. in the group are both
sort of shaded
(light tan?). What's that all about? How do I clear that out so it looks
like all the rest?

TIA...
 
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1)Around ea. desktop icon name is
what looks like a colored (blue) box. How do I turn this off so that
just the lettering displays?
Click to expand...

Right click Empty space on desktop,
POint to Arrange icons by,
Untick "Lock Web items on Desktop".
~~~~~
If that doesn't solve then :
Right click Desktop,
Properties,
Desktop tab,
Customize Desktop button,
Web tab,
Uncheck all options.
~~~~~
If that doesn't solve then:
Control Panel,
System,
Advanced tab,
First Settings button,
Scroll down and Tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels on desktop".
~~~~~

2) I installed 1 program (after uninstalling), plus upgraded another
(Quicktime).
In my Start menu both of these prog. groups and progs. in the group
are both sort of shaded
(light tan?). What's that all about? How do I clear that out so it
looks like all the rest?
Click to expand...

Right click Start Menu button,
Properties,
Customize button,
Advanced tab,
Uncheck "Highlight newly installed programs".




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Thanks Ayush,
I knew I could find an ans. here.
For the 2nd part your ans. was dead on. For the 1st part of quest. I had to
use option 3.

Ayush said:
Replied to [Larry Mauriello]'s message INLINE :::
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1)Around ea. desktop icon name is
what looks like a colored (blue) box. How do I turn this off so that
just the lettering displays?
Click to expand...

Right click Empty space on desktop,
POint to Arrange icons by,
Untick "Lock Web items on Desktop".
~~~~~
If that doesn't solve then :
Right click Desktop,
Properties,
Desktop tab,
Customize Desktop button,
Web tab,
Uncheck all options.
~~~~~
If that doesn't solve then:
Control Panel,
System,
Advanced tab,
First Settings button,
Scroll down and Tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels on desktop".
~~~~~

2) I installed 1 program (after uninstalling), plus upgraded another
(Quicktime).
In my Start menu both of these prog. groups and progs. in the group
are both sort of shaded
(light tan?). What's that all about? How do I clear that out so it
looks like all the rest?
Click to expand...

Right click Start Menu button,
Properties,
Customize button,
Advanced tab,
Uncheck "Highlight newly installed programs".




--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
OE-QuoteFix - http://snipurl.com/quotefix
Click to expand...
 
Glad to help !

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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

Search - www.Google.com | Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
Snip your long urls - http://snipurl.com/
OE-QuoteFix - http://snipurl.com/quotefix

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Thanks Ayush,
I knew I could find an ans. here.
For the 2nd part your ans. was dead on. For the 1st part of quest. I
had to use option 3.

Ayush said:
Replied to [Larry Mauriello]'s message INLINE :::
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1)Around ea. desktop icon name is
what looks like a colored (blue) box. How do I turn this off so that
just the lettering displays?
Click to expand...

Control Panel,
System,
Advanced tab,
First Settings button,
Scroll down and Tick "Use drop shadows for icon labels on desktop".
~~~~~

In my Start menu both of these prog. groups and progs. in the group
are both sort of shaded
(light tan?).
Click to expand...
Right click Start Menu button,
Properties,
Customize button,
Advanced tab,
Uncheck "Highlight newly installed programs".
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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