Re: The Mystery of Re-appearing Icons!

Nice idea - but I'm afraid that didn't work - still magically re-appearing
after re-boot!. Any more ideas please?
Thanks

"Bob I" wrote:

then maybe there is more problems then just that
You experience log off problems on a Windows XP-based, Windows Server
2003-based, Windows 2000-based, or Windows NT 4.0-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837115


tiggy2 wrote:

Thanks for the response - it's not an NVidia issue (not installed) or a
malware one. As you say it must be a roaming profile issue - but forgive me
for being thick (and a novice) - what IS the issue and how do I fix it????
Thanks

"Alan Biddle" wrote:


As others have suggested, it is probably a roaming profile issue. If
that doesn't do it, or even if it does, make certain that these
machines get a good scan for malware. Over the years I have
encountered a couple of similar cases, and one where the icons on the
task bar could not be rearranged or deleted permanently. In each
case, the problem was traced to a bit of malware, though it sometimes
took a couple of days before the definition files caught up. Nothing
recent or specific, but something to check.


--
Alan



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