Re: Drop shadow problem - nobody could solve it so far

Last but not the least, try setting a different Refresh Rate for your Monitor:

1. Right-click on Desktop, choose Properties
2. Click Settings - click Advanced button
3. Click Adapter tab then click List All Modes button
4. Experiment with different Refresh Rates with same Resolution e.g. 800x600
- 32 Bit - 60 Hz.

If something goes wrong like a Blank Screen then do nothing and wait for 15
Seconds and it will revert back to the previous settings automatically.

Hope this help, let us know!


"kimiraikkonen" wrote:

On Dec 4, 4:03 pm, RajKohli <RajKo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Try this:

1. open Display Properties - click Appearance tab.
2. Click Effects button
3. Make a check mark on "Use the following method....
and use Clear Type
4. Apply the changes and see if this help.

If not, then try using 32-bit colors. Even if that doesn't help then:

1. Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties
2. Click Advanced tab and click Settings button under Performance
3. From Visual Effects tab click "Adjust for best appearance" and apply the
changes.

If nothing works then try tuning the Clear Type of Windows XP by using the
ClearType Tuner PowerToy from the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Hope this help, let us know!

"kimiraikkonen" wrote:
Hi,
For this problem, I have already done a lot of tips such as enabling
transparent icon label background, but none of them are related to
this problem.

First off,
the problem is not about transparency. Background Transparency is
present, the problem is that the icon labels has no "shadows" although
they're transparent.

The problem is: If i select icons or open some windows or click
elsewhere around icons, shadows get lost. If i refresh desktop for
some, shadows come back then re-lost after desktop usage.

As you see icon labels are transparent but when i select them or use
them, the shadows are lost and only transparent + non-shadowed label
remain.

I use an ancient CRT monitor.
I saw that on a different computer with CRT monitor. Could be a
relationship to this?

Also my graphic card is an old Nvidia GeForce 4 card, using the latest
Nvidia Forceware drivers.

Please check the screenshots:
If i select (single left click) icons or use desktop, shadow gets
lost:
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7467/noshadow2wd7.gif

Until i select icons or open some windows, shadows remains:
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6398/shadowno8.gif

Note: Cleartype is disabled, has no relationship to this.

Thanks.

Try this:

1. open Display Properties - click Appearance tab.
2. Click Effects button
3. Make a check mark on "Use the following method....
and use Clear Type
4. Apply the changes and see if this help.

Used cleartype for sometime but has terrible view with my old CRT
monitor. When refesh desktop while using cleartype, the shadow problem
appears but minor than standard type. But not completely. So, i don't
use cleartype any time :-(

If not, then try using 32-bit colors. Even if that doesn't help then:

I've been using 32-bit already.

1. Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties
2. Click Advanced tab and click Settings button under Performance
3. From Visual Effects tab click "Adjust for best appearance" and apply the
changes.

When select for "adjust for best appearance", everything is selected
but this doesn't do anything regarding to problem.

If nothing works then try tuning the Clear Type of Windows XP by using the
ClearType Tuner PowerToy from the following link:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

Don't know if it's useful or may harm XP, Tried but that tool has no
difference than you do settings manually.
Dowloaded from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/7/0/b7019730-0fa3-47a9-a159-98b80c185aad/setup.exe
But didn't help.

Hope this help, let us know!

Thanks for your interest, but still no solid help.

.