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To: shadowman who wrote (17467)	3/9/2001 3:33:41 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Dennis, I'd try hitting the deGauss button. Gottfried [end]

To: shadowman who wrote (17467)	3/9/2001 4:00:38 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110652

hey dennis i have a plan too, but i'm on my way out. catch up with you a little later. (maybe it'll be history by then!) :) mark

To: shadowman who wrote (17467)	3/9/2001 4:56:23 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

A hint from the clueless... In Explorer, take a peek at what's in \WINDOWS\Desktop folder. It should be the shortcuts. Are there any there you don't recognise as valid? Cheers, PW. P.S. An ever farther fetched hint... In Explorer, take a peek at what's in \WINDOWS\WEB\WallPaper folder. It should be your current wallpaper .HTM file. Is there any thing else there you don't recognise as valid?

To: shadowman who wrote (17467)	3/9/2001 5:03:21 PM
From: Ed Forrest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

A question....my desktop has had a blue rectangular (shadowbox) about 1 1/2 X 3 inches right in the center of it for about 6 months. It appears to be a ghost remnant left there by my ISP dialer box? Dennis Try this,rt. click it and see if properties or delete comes up on a menu and if so then delete it and if no delete perhaps it'll point you through the properties info to where the file is located on your hard drive. You may be able to delete it from there. Also you may go into the registry and if you know the name run a find and delete the key. One last thought,do a search from your start menu for files and folders and type in *.gif and if you have the time check for your culprit there. Ed

To: shadowman who wrote (17467)	3/9/2001 5:19:39 PM
From: bosquedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

Can you drag it? If so, drag it off the page if you can't delete it.

To: shadowman who wrote (17467)	3/9/2001 7:34:54 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

dennis are you running norton systemworks? if so, one of the suite components is cleansweep. under advanced features in cleansweep are two tools that may help in your quest to "send that sucker packing". 'registry sweep' is one, and 'orphan finder' is the other. orphan finder looks for files left behind by programs. that might do it. i would love to see it try. <g3> if you don't have systemworks, perhaps we can a find freeware/shareware program that goes after orphans. i really think that would be a valid plan of attack. beyond that, depending upon what os you run (sorry, i don't recall), maybe the ghost remnant shows in your start up list in system configuration utility (win98) or with a start up manager program if you run another os. i kinda' have the same type of deal with a ghost remnant on my win95 box. now that you are actively pursuing getting rid of yours, i will probably get motivated to eradicate mine. good luck :) mark