Desktop Icons insist on auto-arranging

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I installed a new video card and suddenly my desktop icons insist on auto arranging themselves whenever I right-click on the desktop and select 'Refresh'. Even though I have 'Auto Arrange' unchecked in that right-click menu under 'Arrange Icons By". How can I stop it from doing this?

I tried uninstalling all the software that came with the video card. I can't use system restore as the software used up 200MB and my earlier restore points have been erased due to space, even though I have System Restore set to use the maximum allowed disk space.

So now whenever the system desides to refresh the desktop, it auto-arranges the icons. I want them to stay put where I choose them to be. And like I said I have 'Auto Arrange' unchecked.
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