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02.23.2006 at 05:04PM PST, ID: 21749646
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Hello,
Yesterday for no apparent reason, all my desktop icons showed a blue box around teh text as though they were highlighted (but they are not).  Additionally, when my system starts now, it hangs on the welcome screen for several seconds longer than usual.  

I am running windows xp home

I have tried the following solutions:
1. Right clicking my desktop>properties>desktop>customize desktop>web> lock desktop items is UNchecked (tried unchecking and rechecking).
2. Right clicking my desktop>arrange icons by>lock web items on desktop is UNchecked (tried unchecking and rechecking).
3. Right clicking my desktop>arrange icons by>allign to grid is checked (tried unchecking and rechecking).
4. System restore: I tried this from several different points and all were unsuccessful.  In each case the system restarts and says the system restore was unsuccessful and no changes have been made.
5. I have run virus scan, ad-aware, and also analyzed all programs running in my windows taskmanager.

I should mention that this doesnt have any effect on my system other than being terribly annoying.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!
 
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