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xp desktop icons are locked

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indy8six

Flightless Bird
Some one messed with my PC and all my desktop icon are locked. I have tried
everything and nothing works.
 
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Shenan Stanley

Flightless Bird
indy8six wrote:
> Some one messed with my PC and all my desktop icon are locked. I
> have tried everything and nothing works.


Explain what you mean by "locked" and what is entailed in your "tried
everything", because if it is truly everything - what could anyone offer you
beyond that? ;-)

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Ernest T. Bass

Flightless Bird
What is "everything"? Need to know what you've tried.

"indy8six" <indy8six@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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: Some one messed with my PC and all my desktop icon are locked. I have
tried
: everything and nothing works.
 
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Mark Adams

Flightless Bird
"indy8six" wrote:

> Some one messed with my PC and all my desktop icon are locked. I have tried
> everything and nothing works.


Try System Restore from Safe Mode.
 
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Ernest T. Bass

Flightless Bird
"Mark Adams" <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:966704CE-B16A-40C1-AE5B-66600DBF1639@microsoft.com...
:
:
: "indy8six" wrote:
:
: > Some one messed with my PC and all my desktop icon are locked. I have
tried
: > everything and nothing works.
:
: Try System Restore from Safe Mode.

Since they've tried "everything", they already tried that. And, since they
have tried "everything" there is nothing left to try. Time to trash the
computer and buy a new one.
 
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Peter Foldes

Flightless Bird
> Since they've tried "everything", they already tried that. And, since they
> have tried "everything" there is nothing left to try. Time to trash the
> computer and buy a new one.


Ernest goes to Jail

With that answer and input, you should be nominated for the Computer Guru of the
Year

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"Ernest T. Bass" <ernest@tbass.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> "Mark Adams" <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:966704CE-B16A-40C1-AE5B-66600DBF1639@microsoft.com...
> :
> :
> : "indy8six" wrote:
> :
> : > Some one messed with my PC and all my desktop icon are locked. I have
> tried
> : > everything and nothing works.
> :
> : Try System Restore from Safe Mode.
>
> Since they've tried "everything", they already tried that. And, since they
> have tried "everything" there is nothing left to try. Time to trash the
> computer and buy a new one.
>
>
 
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Mark Adams

Flightless Bird
"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> > Since they've tried "everything", they already tried that. And, since they
> > have tried "everything" there is nothing left to try. Time to trash the
> > computer and buy a new one.

>
> Ernest goes to Jail
>
> With that answer and input, you should be nominated for the Computer Guru of the
> Year



Not so fast, Peter. Since the OP has "tried everything" this includes
reinstalling the operating system. Since by the OP's own admission "nothing
works", obviously this didn't work either. The logical conclusion is hardware
failure. It might just be time for that new computer. :)


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> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Ernest T. Bass" <ernest@tbass.invalid> wrote in message
> news:i27cpa$tlr$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> >
> > "Mark Adams" <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:966704CE-B16A-40C1-AE5B-66600DBF1639@microsoft.com...
> > :
> > :
> > : "indy8six" wrote:
> > :
> > : > Some one messed with my PC and all my desktop icon are locked. I have
> > tried
> > : > everything and nothing works.
> > :
> > : Try System Restore from Safe Mode.
> >
> > Since they've tried "everything", they already tried that. And, since they
> > have tried "everything" there is nothing left to try. Time to trash the
> > computer and buy a new one.
> >
> >

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