Thanks I will try this next time I am working on his computer
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margiegirl


"PattyL" wrote:

Try disabling the Active Desktop. Your neighbor probably has one background
set on the normal desktop and another on the Active Desktop causing the
behavior that you mention. Active desktop may slow the system startup
somewhat because it goes through the extra step of changing the desktop.
See this article:

How to Enable or Disable the Active Desktop
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=190228

PattyL


"margie" wrote in message
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I am helping my elderly neighbour and on start up he has a sort of brick
desktop which changes to what it should be when it boots up (Blue windows
background) I have noticed that where the desktop icons go they stay like
brick until the icons come up yet the rest of the screen is blue. Start
up
is very slow.
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margiegirl