I just had to install the chipset and drivers from my recovery disc. :)

Ok seeing as there isn't really a sound card section in the hardware board, and considering I know Windows XP Black Edition is what caused it I'm posting here.

Ok So I reformatted using the...

Yeah Nevermind. The second keyboard I had attached to the computer fell off on its enter key. I feel stupid now.

Google "TweakUI" There is an option in there to change what is in the new> part of the right click. I wouldn't recommend messing with anything else unless you know what your doing though.

This is the first time I've seen this happened on anybody's computer. My computer suddenly without opening anything of downloading/installing something, started make the enter key command rapidly...

Unfortunetly after applying this idea it failed horribly. And what I would have to do to get the same settings would take forever so I say I just suffer through the black background. :)

I was thinking about that but I was lazy and wanted to see if there was an easier way. The one thing I'm concerned about is how do I tranfer ownership of the computer from the current account to the...

yeah...

Just another note. the black behind the icons isn't gone for good it returns if you open a window and goes away if you refresh the desktop.

Thats just for the black behind the icons the black...

Hehe nice. I just know my way around the registry cuz I have to disable download blocks to get firefox on my school computers because we are working with css in class and IE doesn't render it right.

Hmm well half of it fixed itself randomly so now only the black background around the text is still there.

Also you don't happen to know off the top of your head where all the desktop keys are do...

No and jpg or bmp or gif...tried em all.

Hmm it just half fixed it self. When I choose a new wallpaper and clicked apply and then chose another one the black space around the icon part went away. ...

Any easy way to transfer em?

Nope it was there before I ever applied any skins.

I just did and it works perfectly. Any ideas why?

I checked the settings and they were almost identical except for the background color, which I try changing on the main user account but it just...

The funny thing is the desktop has been like that for 3 years so nothings gotten worse it was just crappy from the beginning. Well I guess thats what you can expect from an emachine though. :D

Oh...

Yup I tried messing with all those already. I noticed drop shadow as well but nothing changes whether its checked or not.

I'm downloading TweakUI now although I remember downloading it a while ago...

Hehe, its after I had the trojan I came to daniweb in the first place and then dedicated myself to learning how to be a malware removal expert. And while I don't consider myself the best I do think I...

No its longs gone. My computer is clean and everything else works just fine. Also another bit of info. If I do a system restore to as far back as I can go the icon will be transparent until I open a...

Well this is quite an old problem caused by a trojan a long time ago. three years or so. In any case it left my desktop background icons unable to have tranparency. Heres a screenshot.
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Checked read-only
tried cmd prompt already

Unlocker worked like a charm thanks.

A while ago I made and ISO copy of a Dvd so that I could keep a version on my computer, but unfortunetly it failed and now I have a worthless 8.6gig ISO image in my documents. I have tried deleting...

I've actually already done that as well as run registry mechanic.

I was having the exact same problem with my emachine a few years ago. Both of the fans broke and it was over heating every 10-15min, and on reboot it came up with a similar error to yours. Try...

Hmm. Well on my comp the back up CD works like the windows CD for repairing and such. Have you tried to use the backup CD for the repair,if not then try it. One option would be to get a floppy drive...

My Computer has randomly started applying Read-Only properties to all the folders in my C:\ drive including subfolders. I am able to unapply the readonly attribute, but after i do it comes back after...

Thanks for the advice but after doing a little more research i found the most common cause of this was loose wires. And sure enough when i tightened all of the wire in my computer no more error....

Suddenly upon booting my computer i get the error ntdlr is missing press alt+crtl+del to reboot. I have tried some of the fixs online but they all include using the win xp disc to boot to command...

thx

its malware that doing it most likely download Hi-jack This and post the log under viriuses and other nasties forum

Does anybody know where i can edit virtual memory setting because i want to change it to a slave drive