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Real Fix for this Problem!
Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 1:24 pm
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Posted by JrHacker (1 messages posted)


This is for the times when none of the above work.

Go to Start Menu -> Run and type "regedit" (exclude quotes).

Click [HKEY_CURRENT_USER].

Click Software.

Click Microsoft.

Click Windows.

Click CurrentVersion.

Click Policies.

Delete the folder labeled "System" (under Policies). Or, if you prefer to play it 
safe (i.e. you don't trust me), just rename it to "_System" (excluding quotes).

That may take care of the problem. If it does, you'll know that you had/have a malicious 
program called "SpySheriff" installed on your computer.

Email me if you have any questions, or if I can be of further assistance (or if this 
helped you!). Email: botslayer (-at-) gmail (-dot-) com

Hope this helps... this has frustrated me in the past and I could never find an answer.

-JrHacker







On Monday, May 31, 2004 at 5:52 pm, Patrick wrote:
>Can it even be done? None of the 3rd party applications have been able to do it -
>I'm reduced to setting my desktop colour to the same as a corner of my wallpaper
>that my icons are hiding in



Written in response to:
Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Patrick: Monday, May 31, 2004 at 5:52 pm)

Responses to this message:
*re: Real Fix for this Problem! (Jim Peneton: Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 5:18 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Patrick: Mon, May 31, 2004, 5:52 pm)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (jazzman: Mon, May 31, 2004, 7:36 pm)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Jason: Tue, Jul 6, 2004, 9:23 am)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (sja: Tue, Jul 13, 2004, 8:35 am)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Daniel: Wed, Jan 11, 2006, 8:55 pm)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Lincoln: Mon, Sep 27, 2004, 10:11 pm)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (CMW: Wed, Dec 15, 2004, 7:11 pm)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Baksai: Fri, Jan 7, 2005, 5:51 am)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Srinivasan A Paul Joseph: Thu, Sep 22, 2005, 12:37 am)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (cubby: Mon, Oct 17, 2005, 6:23 am)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Alexander: Fri, Nov 18, 2005, 12:54 pm)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (vivek: Sat, Dec 31, 2005, 3:00 pm)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Thommy Webster: Thu, Jan 5, 2006, 2:19 pm)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. - Me too. (pile0nades: Thu, Jan 12, 2006, 12:20 pm)
-re: Soultion - Use IrfanView to change Wallpapers (pile0nades: Thu, Jan 12, 2006, 3:22 pm)
*re: Soultion - Use IrfanView to change Wallpapers (Jeff: Mon, Feb 27, 2006, 7:21 pm)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (pile0nades: Thu, Jan 12, 2006, 1:46 pm)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Monique: Fri, Apr 7, 2006, 7:51 am)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (TJ: Fri, Apr 7, 2006, 12:27 pm)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (moncy: Sun, May 28, 2006, 7:38 am)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Shyju Varghese: Sun, Nov 5, 2006, 2:38 am)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (kartheek: Mon, Dec 4, 2006, 6:55 am)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (John Reilly: Mon, Jun 30, 2008, 5:07 pm)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Amy Marie: Thu, Mar 2, 2006, 8:17 am)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Aaron: Mon, Mar 27, 2006, 4:32 pm)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (ThaHelp: Thu, May 18, 2006, 9:12 pm)
-Real Fix for this Problem! (JrHacker: Thu, Sep 21, 2006, 1:24 pm)
-re: Real Fix for this Problem! (Jim Peneton: Sun, Nov 12, 2006, 5:18 pm)
-re: Real Fix for this Problem! (jojo: Thu, Feb 22, 2007, 4:38 pm)
*re: Real Fix for this Problem! (Graham: Sat, Mar 24, 2007, 9:19 pm)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Mark Bishop: Wed, May 23, 2007, 1:19 pm)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Scott: Thu, May 31, 2007, 1:56 pm)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Mark Bishop: Tue, Jun 19, 2007, 2:29 am)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (twynnyl: Wed, Jul 18, 2007, 7:18 am)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (cam: Fri, Sep 7, 2007, 7:30 pm)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (Anthony: Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 6:03 am)
-re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (RevJPFunk: Wed, Oct 24, 2007, 6:50 am)
*re: Cannot get desktop icons transparent - need activedesktop on & pref. drop shadows off. (masai: Sun, Oct 28, 2007, 9:52 pm)
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