Checkbox min/max scrollbar icons display error

Shortly after rebooting, as I open a window or two the checkboxes, min/max,
and scrollbar standard icons are replaced by something within the desktop
background. The action still work, just cannot tell what is
checked/selected. Appears to be some type of memory leak, memory contention,
insufficient free memory, invalid video setting, etc. This problem is
consistant. There are many resident programs running, mostly virus
protection and spyware. I've freed up as many as possible from loading at
restart and defraged - still errors. Tried running SFC, but it page faults
before completing. Any ideas what I can do next?

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 04:55:04 -0700, "junk" <> wrote:

>Shortly after rebooting, as I open a window or two the checkboxes, min/max,
>and scrollbar standard icons are replaced by something within the desktop
>background. The action still work, just cannot tell what is
>checked/selected. Appears to be some type of memory leak, memory contention,
>insufficient free memory, invalid video setting, etc. This problem is
>consistant. There are many resident programs running, mostly virus
>protection and spyware. I've freed up as many as possible from loading at
>restart and defraged - still errors. Tried running SFC, but it page faults
>before completing. Any ideas what I can do next?

Sounds like the "IconCache.db" file is damaged.

It is a "Hidden" file. Open any folder, click "Tools", "Folder Options", and the "View" tab.
Check the box, "Show all files", Uncheck "Hide file extensions for known file types", click
"Apply", "OK"
Now do a search for "IconCache.db" and delete them. Windows will rebuild it.

Another fix is to Right-click on the desktop and choose Properties.
In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Appearance tab, "Advanced" button.
From the Item drop-down list, choose Icon. Click the up arrow in the Size box to increase it by
one pixel then click the down arrow in the Size box to return the icons to their previous
dimensions. This activates the "Apply" button. Click Apply, then OK.

If you have TweakUI installed, it has a "Repair Icon" function.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsme/guide/tweakui.exe
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstati...ys/Networking/
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstati.../NTTweakUI.asp

For a permanent fix, You can increase the size of the cache with the following registry patch.
Create a new text file called IconCache.txt
Select the below text beginning with the 'R' in REGEDIT4 and and include the blank line. Copy it
to the clipboard, and paste it into the text file. Rename the file to "IconCache.reg" and then
double click it to modify the registry.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\explorer]
"Max Cached Icons"="4096"

^-----End copy

Icons Randomly Change to Different Icons.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=132668

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You need to address the virus and spyware issues. Download, Install, and RUN all the below:

This is a link to a small FREE program by McAfee Anti-virus named Stinger. It will scan your
system for 53 known viruses and trojans and repair them. You don't need McAfee anti-virus
installed on your computer... this is a stand alone program. http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
or
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger
Direct download: http://download.nai.com/products/mca...rt/stinger.exe

Microsoft provides free anti-virus software that can be used for 1 year.
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

Free online virus scanners:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/
http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp
http://security.norton.com/default.a...d=us&venid=sym
http://security2.norton.com/us/home.asp
http://www.freedom.net/viruscenter/o...iruscheck.html
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
http://www.dials.ru/english/www_av/
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/

Another possibility is to borrow a second computer with anti-virus software on it, and put that
HDD in it as a slave, and run the anti-virus software to clean it up.

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Spyware resources:
Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
http://www.lavasoft.nu/
http://www.lavasoft.de/

Spybot - Search & Destroy by Patrick Kolla
http://security.kolla.de/
http://spybot.eon.net.au/

NOTE: After you install the above, click "Online" and get the latest
updates for the database. Update it regularly for new spy info.

Microsoft® Windows AntiSpyware
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=321cd7a2-6a57-4c57-a8bd-dbf62eda9671&displaylang=en>

Here's an option to scan your PC under "Do You Have Parasites?"
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.htm