"Use drop shadows for icon labels" has no effect

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Hello,
I have XP SP2 Pro with necessary updates. I have an interesting
problem:

By default "'use drop shadows for icon labels'' is enabled and i have
NO web or active desktop related items or no locked web-item on
desktop as icon. (checked).

The problem is: if I refresh desktop, drop shadow of icons comes back.
If i click any of icon or open/close some window(i mean, if i use
system), drop shadows are lost!... The interesting thing is that the
transparency is present but shadows aren't.

I have no idea. I'm using the latest VGA driver for my NVIDIA card,
however i noticed that happened after installing official Nvidia
drivers (has control panel, but nothing about that problem) or i came
accross who knows.

My VGA card is OK except that XP-related problem. I saw the similiar
issue on a different computer which uses a plug and play CRT monitor
like mine.

I'll give 5 ratings who solves that problem :)

Look at screenshot which describes:

http://aycu04.webshots.com/image/34723/2002481511922673052_rs.jpg

Thanks.
.



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