These are signs of a corrupted system install and/or memory. first run
memtest86, and if it show no errors, do a repair install of Windows.

"Mike M 91107" wrote:

> When using Windows Explorer and navigating from folder to folder, I regularly
> have the navigation pane change the name of the first level of folders to
> "Desktop". I then have between 5 and 20 folders named "Desktop" however when
> you select the one with the computer icon you get "My Computer", recycle bin
> shows up as "Desktop", My network places shows up as "Desktop", etc. The only
> way to get it to show the correct folder names is to close the Explorer
> window and open a new one. Until it gets screwed up.
>
> I have seen this since the original Windows XP Pro came out and it is still
> here in Windows XP Pro SP3.
>
> Any ideas?