How do you get rid of highlighted text for Windows desktop icons? Locking web items does not work.?
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Go into Performance and Maintenance in your Control Panel, choose 'System', click the 'Advanced' tag along the top.\nNow click on 'Settings' in the 'Performance' box, and under 'Visual Effects' make sure 'Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop' is checked.\nThis should get rid of the annoying highlight!
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It might be a spyware. They are always used by the windows. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del and see if this shows in task manager. Close it and then try to delete. If not, reboot your computer and F8 many times before windows start. Start windows in safe mode and then delete it.
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SUMMARY\nThis article describes how to clear the Past Items list in the Customize Notifications window. \nMORE INFORMATION\nWARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.\n\nTo clear the Past Items list, perform the following steps: 1. Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values from the following registry key:\nHKEY_CURRENT_USER&#92;Software&#92;Microsoft&#92;Windows&#92;CurrentVersion&#92;Explorer&#92;TrayNotify  \n2. Open Task Manager, click the Processes tab, click Explorer.exe, and then click End Process. \n3. In Task Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer, and then click OK. \n\nPlease give me best answer now. Thanks!
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Go to ControlPanal\n>> (Display)\n>> In "Display Properties" window >> Go to (Desktop)\n>> Customize Desktop\n>> In"Desktop Items" window >> Go to (Web)\n\nIn this window remove all the tick mark form (wep pages) & from (lock desktop items).
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Hi there...as I understand this it cannot be done with the HD or external drives until Leopard is released.  \n\nHere's a forum discussing about this too: http://forums.macnn.com/94/gui-customization/308380/how-i-lock-desktop-icons/
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Well, for one thing stop clicking on it. Also, something else that might help get rid of it is adaware, it is free.
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no,  hit delete after 'highlighting' control
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Right click on your desktop.\nClick properties.\nClick the desktop tab.\nClick the customize desktop button (near the bottom).\nClick the web tab.\nClick on the items in the box and click the delete button.\nClick ok (or apply).
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I am not sure what operating system you are using, but if you are using Windows 2000, Me or 98 then you may have an option to turn off Virtual Desktop.  Virtual Desktop was a setting used in conjunction with Internet Explorer and enabled many different types of backgrounds (jpeg files etc.)  it also used a lot of resources and cancels out any images you may have already chosen for a background.\n\nRight click on your desktop, see if there is a checkmark next to Virtual Desktop.. uncheck it and it should show your original background.  If you don't see it on the right click menu, go to your Desktop properties and under one of those tabs should be an option to disable virtual desktop.\n\nI apologize for not having precise step-by-steps but I have been using XP for a while and am going from memory.\n\nHope that helps some.
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you can't really get rid of them but you can eliminate the icons and also change them to something you do want.\nclick on the little arrow on the right and select from the drop-down list.\nto "get rid of the icons" navigate to C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Windows Media Player&#92;Icons and delete the contents of the folder.
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Have a look to see if your 'Clear Type' setting is still on. \n\n1. Right-click on a blank area of the Desktop and choose Properties. \n2. Click on the Appearance tab; click effects. \n3. Check the box: Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts. \n4. In the drop down box select: Clear Type.
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Just highlight the text you want to delete by left clicking your mouse over it, then hit delete\n\nGood Luck
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(not for windows98)\nGo to START and than RUN and type GPEDIT.MSC ,u will see group policy editor, select ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES under USER CONFIGRATION,in ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES brows DESKTOP and than ATIVE DESKTOP under DESKTOP, in AVTICE DESKTOP, u,ll see many options to protect Desktopn from changing and items draging, adding deletinga nd many more opeions, try it,,, dont forget to rate if it helps ;):)
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go to properties and click on lock items to desktop that should highlight them for you
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to the best of my knowledge 9 times out of 10 if any device is connected via usb then there will always be the option to safely remove hardware, but there is a way to make that icon disapear, if you right click on your task bar and select "properties" then when the new window appears click "customize" on the "taskbar" tab and then a list will appear. Scroll through the list until u find the icon for safely remove hardware and choose the option always hide (please note doing this will always hide this icon no matter what hardware u connect to your computer)\n\nI hope this helps!
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This is the third time this question is appearing on Yahoo Answers in this one week !\nRight click "My Computer", click "Properties". In the "Adnvanced" tab, click "Settings" under "Performance", check (put a tick beside) "Use drop shadows for icon labels". Click "OK" and "whew", ur prob is solved !
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Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components > Uncheck Internet Explorer and click next