bec03, To Disable Active Desktop. Open the Control Panel.
Open Display Properties.
Click the Desktop tab.
Click the Customize Desktop button.
Click the Web tab in the Desktop Items window.
Make sure all checkboxes in this window are un-checked including My Current Homepage.
Restart your computer.
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How do you DISABLE an "active desktop item" in windows XP? I recently downloaded a picture from the internet to my desktop, and it highlighted all my desktop icons in black. What can I do? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
bec03

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