Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' Monday, June 6, 2005 at 1:52 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Joanne (7 messages posted) I have a question about How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?: i did as follows. system properties>>advanced tab>>performance>>settings>>checked use drop shadow for icon labels on the desktop. it did not work on my laptop. it worked on my desktop but not on my laptop. i am going out of my wits trying to figure out what is wrong. pls help. i am using windows xp. i am using my own wallpaper and the background colour is blue therefore the fonts are white with a blue background on my wallpaper and it looks seriously disgusting. pls help. :( thank you. Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Joanne: Monday, June 6, 2005 at 2:10 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Joanne: Mon, Jun 6, 2005, 1:52 pm) re: Question about 'How do I make the background of desktop icon text transparent?' (Joanne: Mon, Jun 6, 2005, 2:10 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum