Desktop Items auto-arranging although option turned off.........

Everytime I reboot my desktop icons are automatically aligned to the left
grid. The only option checked is Show Desktop Items. I am current with all
my Windows updates and am running Windows XP. This has been going on for
several days and it extremely annoying.

Can anyone help?................Ralph

How does this pertain to Windows Update, Ralph?

One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
applications may be disallowing the change(s) (upon reboot). These include
anti-spyware applications (e.g., Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, WinPatrol, etc),
anti-virus appliations & security suites (Norton, McAfee, ESET/NOD32,
Kasperky, Trend Micro, etc.), and third-party firewalls (e.g., Zone Alarm,
etc.).

Note that temporarily disabling the application(s) or rebooting into Safe
Mode may not disable the system protections.
--
WinXP-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsxp.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


ralphjramirez wrote:
> Everytime I reboot my desktop icons are automatically aligned to the left
> grid. The only option checked is Show Desktop Items. I am current with
> all
> my Windows updates and am running Windows XP. This has been going on for
> several days and it extremely annoying.
>
> Can anyone help?................Ralph

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> How does this pertain to Windows Update, Ralph?
>
Sorry for forgetting important information. The problem surfaced the day
after I installed Internet Explorer 8 and the 2 most current windows updates
for XP, KB961118 and KB951847 . I am not very technical as I thought the
desktop was a Windows driven facility and thought perhaps one of those
updates was the cause. I guess, judging from your response, I was wrong.
Sorry about that. Where should I direct this my question?

Thanks.......................Ralph

> One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
> applications may be disallowing the change(s) (upon reboot). These include
> anti-spyware applications (e.g., Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
> SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, WinPatrol, etc),
> anti-virus appliations & security suites (Norton, McAfee, ESET/NOD32,
> Kasperky, Trend Micro, etc.), and third-party firewalls (e.g., Zone Alarm,
> etc.).
>
> Note that temporarily disabling the application(s) or rebooting into Safe
> Mode may not disable the system protections.
> --
> WinXP-specific newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsxp.general
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
> ralphjramirez wrote:
> > Everytime I reboot my desktop icons are automatically aligned to the left
> > grid. The only option checked is Show Desktop Items. I am current with
> > all
> > my Windows updates and am running Windows XP. This has been going on for
> > several days and it extremely annoying.
> >
> > Can anyone help?................Ralph
>
>

Repost your question in WinXP General newsgroup, please:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

ralphjramirez wrote:
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> How does this pertain to Windows Update, Ralph?
>>
> Sorry for forgetting important information. The problem surfaced the day
> after I installed Internet Explorer 8 and the 2 most current windows
> updates for XP, KB961118 and KB951847 . I am not very technical as I
> thought the desktop was a Windows driven facility and thought perhaps one
> of those updates was the cause. I guess, judging from your response, I
> was
> wrong. Sorry about that. Where should I direct this my question?
>
> Thanks.......................Ralph
>
>> One or more options/settings in an ever-growing number of third-party
>> applications may be disallowing the change(s) (upon reboot). These
>> include
>> anti-spyware applications (e.g., Ad-aware's Ad-Watch, Spybot Tea Timer,
>> SpywareBlaster, SpySweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, WinPatrol, etc),
>> anti-virus appliations & security suites (Norton, McAfee, ESET/NOD32,
>> Kasperky, Trend Micro, etc.), and third-party firewalls (e.g., Zone
>> Alarm,
>> etc.).
>>
>> Note that temporarily disabling the application(s) or rebooting into Safe
>> Mode may not disable the system protections.
>> --
>> WinXP-specific newsgroup:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...dowsxp.general
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>
>>
>> ralphjramirez wrote:
>>> Everytime I reboot my desktop icons are automatically aligned to the
>>> left
>>> grid. The only option checked is Show Desktop Items. I am current with
>>> all
>>> my Windows updates and am running Windows XP. This has been going on
>>> for
>>> several days and it extremely annoying.
>>>
>>> Can anyone help?................Ralph