Problem with Desktop Icons on XP Pro

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Pedro Rodriguez

I am trying to change the default "My Computer", "My
Documents" and "My Network Places" desktop icons. I go the
the display control panel, then to Desktop, then to
Customize Desktop and I make the changes. The problem is:
When I log off and in again, Windows restore the default
icons back! This happens whether I login as Administrator
or a regular domain user. Please note that I "can" create
folders, files and shortcuts on the desktop and they are
restored when I login again.

What policy or tweak can resolve this problem? It is
driving me MADDDD!
 
If you have an Nvidia graphics card, try setting the NVIDIA Display Driver
Service or in some cases, I think it's called the NVIDIA Driver Helper
Service,
anyway, set this to "manual" and see if that fixes the icon issue.

Craig
 
THAT DID IT! YOU ARE A GOD! What does this service do and
what affect does it have if it is not running?

Thanks.

ps. How the heck did you figure this out?
 
Don't quote me on this, but from what I understand, it is kind of like
Windows Error Reporting for Nvidia. If I am wrong, someone, please let me
know.

Personally, I have not experienced any side effects with this service set
to manual.

After months of tweaking and messing around with things, and through many
hardware upgrading, my sound card and my video card were the only common
denominator. So I started messing with those settings and services. I
stumbled upon a site that listed services that were not necessary to be
running. The Nvidia service was one of them. Disabled it. A few weeks
later I was messing with my themes and decided to give the icon thing a shot
again and voila..it worked. It was all luck I guess. Lol


Craig
 
hi craig and pedro--

where exactly does one change the nVidia driver service? i
see a desktop manager that i've finally managed to turn
off, but not a driver service or driver helper service. if
you could give me a hint where i'd find this, i'd
appreciate it, since i'm having the same problem as pedro.
thanks,

jonathan
 
It's located in the Windows Services in the Computer Management tool under
services.

Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Administrative Tools>Computer
Management>Services and Applications>Services

I am running version 53.03 direct from Nvidia's site. On my computer the
service is called Nvidia Display Driver Service. But if I recall right,
with older versions it was called Nvidia Display Helper Service

Craig
 
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