I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with 3rd party applications. It
happened after i rebooted it, and i actually managed to reproduce it with
another computer which i dualbooted with, so I'm pretty sure its to do with
that.

I've checked my Programs list just to make sure, and there's nothing there
worth noting. I've not had this installed for very long so its not like i've
installed lots of applications.

The only applications I have that might interfere with the shell are the
Nvidia Display panel (which has no configuration for desktop as far as I
know), and TortoiseSVN, which doesn't relate to desktop configuration at all.

It's also worth noting the computer which I reproduced on had neither of
these programs, and was a fresh Vista computer that I chose to install XP on.
The computer was an Acer Desktop which came with Vista, which I found to be
too slow for my liking with the specs on that computer. I went on to install
Windows XP as an alternative and setup a dualboot. I then noticed that I got
the same issue as I have now. That computer was literally barebones and I
had MS Office installed only, along with the applications that come with Acer
Desktops.

"Gaurav Pandey" wrote:
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> Dan,
>
> Do you think it might be possible that some 3rd party "Active Desktop" type
> software is installed?
> I am sure it might help to check the installed programs from Control Panel
>
> "Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C35E42C9-3D05-4982-A96C-8EA796490C6A@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Does no one know a solution to this problem?[/color]
>
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