[oborochan]

hey everyone
i'm using windows xp pro with sp2 installed
i just reinstalled my computer
and everything works fine
except that i can't enable the drop shadows (transperant) on the text below the desktop icons!
i tried unchecking and checking that option many times
nothing help
my active desktop is off
i'm using tweakui, but i don't see any option regarding that
can you please help?

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see if setting the color quality higher helps on the display tab, settings

[gerryf]

see if setting the color quality higher helps on the display tab, settings

[oborochan]

It's already on 32 bit
please help!

[gerryf]

"my active desktop is off"
how did you do that?

what kind of videocard?

[oborochan]

nvidia geforce 4 mx
i mean i have no web content on my desktop
maybe it's tweakui?
but i search high and low and no such option
or some policy or registry thing?

[gerryf]

install these

http://www.nvidia.co...p_2k_71.89.html

Then rightclick MY COMPUTER< choose PROPERTIES, choose ADVANCED, choose PERFORMANCE, then select ADJUST FOR BEST APPEARANCE, then OK, OK

[oborochan]

i already have the latest nvidia drivers installed
and i tried going for "apperance"
nothing works
as if something is overriding it
but what?
is there some reg. value that can change it?

[KennyD]

Just out of curiosity, do you have desktop wallpaper set? I had this same problem, but I usually have a blank desktop. I decided to try to set some wallpaper to see if that did anything and voila! The shadows came back.

[KennyD]

I'd also like to suggest that anyone with this problem, trying downloading MicroAngelo

This lets you make adjustments to the look of XP, and should help fix this setting.