desktop icons

Hi, first time user. I am set up as the administrator on a PC used by me and my wife. My wife has a separate profile for Outlook and we both use it on the same PC. For my wife to access email though she has to go to my desktop to access Outlook. She then selects her profile. If she goes to...

It began when my company's network suddenly wouldn't recognize my user/password to access the folders on the server. My network admin tried to reset my password and even created a new user for me. Inexplicably a new problem arose. Clicking icons on the desktop or the start menu stopped working...

I have been unable to find an answer to this and I don't believe it is typical behavior of Windows 7. I am a new user to windows 7 and have noticed that when I insert a cd/dvd or a usb thumb drive, an icon for it appears on the desktop and then dissapears once it is removed. I feel this is...

Hello, I'm new here and I'm sorry to have such a big first post. I have a bunch of questions and this might become a bit of a complicated story, but I'll try to be as direct as possible if you don't mind helping me out: I just installed Windows 7 (64bit) a couple of days ago. Everything...

Hey guys, I myself have a problem that sounds simple but I can't seem to figure out. The question is simple. The "My Computer" icon is missing from my desktop. It's also missing from the Administrator account and I can't get it show either on any new account that I create. I use here at home...

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# windowstip Windows: If you've put off tweaking the size of your desktop icons because you assumed it would be a pain, it's time to enjoy some hassle-free resizing without digging in menus or replacing icon packs. More » More...

Hi, we are testing now computer running on Windows 7 with roaming profiles. I have problem which I couldn't find anywhere (possible bad keywords). It's not only one computer - at least 5 new installed computers have this issue. Problem is that whenever I want pin some shortcut from start menu...

I have two icons on my desktop that don't just seem to be just Icons. Not sure how they got there!! I must have done something! One is Libraries and the other is Homegroup. I don't want a Libraries icon on desktop and I don't want to set up a Homegroup at all. Neither of these offer a 'delete'...

Windows 7 lets you change desktop icons size the usual way from the 3 predefined sizes (Small, Medium, Large) Medium is the default size. 1. Right click on an free area of the desktop 2. Select View on the context menu 3. Select Small Icons (if you want them smaller than the default size) If...

I keep getting the 2203 Error regardring MSI and tried several fixes including MS Utility Cleaner. Unfortuatlety it won't allow me to install it even as admin. So, I read someone's post in another forum to create a new profile, bring over all my stuff then just delete the old profile. It seems...

Earlier today, I tried to uninstall Office 2007 Trial (which had expired) from my Gateway PC. I have already installed Office 2010 Trial, so both programs are on the PC right now. I could not get the program to uninstall in the Control Panel, so I decided to leave the Office 2007 program on the...

Hi I have problem installing ATI 5990 driver to the Windows 7 OEM. After I install it and doing restart, I can't see anymore desktop icon, nothing, only Desktop Backround. If I do CTRL+Alt+delete, screen goes black, then hitting ESC I can see the mouse, if I move little bit. I can do...

alright so i just bought a new computer from futureshop, it is gateway. It came with windows 7. i downloaded some programs and played counter strike 1.6 when i quit the game all my open windows and programs running were off my desktop when i pressed the little icon at the bottom left corner it...

I was having a problem upgrading from Adobe CS3 to CS4 so I downloaded and ran MS cleanup as suggested. The first thing I noticed was that half my desktop Icons were missing, the programs are there and work but all the icons that were in the \**\install\* dir were gone. The second thing I...

Hi all, I'm just wondering how I quickly get to see my desktop when I have a few programs open? My old system had a desktop icon on the bottom task bar thingie, but this one doesn't appear to have one. (All this minimizing is going to give me RSI:)) cheers, Toni

Hi. I have W7 Pro and use FF 3.6 browser. I just re-installed FF to clear up a problem I had with it. Now my Taskbar icon for FF is a windows generic icon. The same generic icon for FF is in the Start menu. But on the desktop I have the real FF icon. When I pin the desktop icon to the Taskbar it...

Description of Problem Model: Acer Aspire 4810T Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU U4100 @1.30GHz RAM: 3MB Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium When turned on, Windows Media Centre automatically starts. Starting any program activates Windows Media...

I just needed to transfer a powerpoint to a usb but the usb wouldn't open. I tried using a different one and the same thing popped up again: system call failed. I am now unable to open computer, and icons on desktop, and right click. I tried deleting all temporary files but Firefox's was not...

I bought a new gaming rig two weeks ago, and it came in the mail today. I had to install the Winodws 7 OS, and that went rough but it was successful. I'm instaling a ZONET USB card, and this is where the problem comes in: When I restarted my desktop to finalize the installation, the icons and...