Re: Appearance of Desktop Icon Names

Rick wrote:

That was the solution, Malke. Thank you!

Both systems have "Let Windows choose what's best for my computer"
selected
under Visual Effects. The slower machine did not have "Use drop
shadows for icon labels on the desktop" checked.

Glad it worked for you, Rick. FWIW, even on fast machines I always turn
off all the eye candy - from the Display applet Effects "Use X effect"
and from the System applet except for drop shadows, show window when
dragging, smooth screen fonts, and use XP styles. The machine's
response will be even faster and none of that eye candy is ever missed.

Malke
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