Here's the deal: I got a DVD from PC Format and suddenly on my desktop icons of Casino, Poker, Printer Cartirgeds and some other stuff shown and I can't seem to delete them. Any advice?

Have you tried in safe mode yet? Somewhere in the boot process you have to hit F8 to enter safe mode. I don't know when exactly but if you keep hitting it works for me. Then you probably can delete them.

Sounds similar to Callum's problem...check out his "get it off me! get it off me!" thread.

Here's a linky for convenience...

Here

[ 12-31-2004, 11:05 AM: Message edited by: Lady Sedai ]

<font color=skyblue>It looks like this guy has the same problem.

http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...;f=10;t=022010

You're gonna have to discover the names of the program keeping them up there and take it out first before deleting those icons. Try searching for the underlying program.</font>

Here are the icons:

http://img132.exs.cx/img132/2308/ikone4wh.jpg

As you see I have drawn a red circle around them.

Ok, I found someone having a similar problem here:
http://www.gpforums.co.nz/showthread...4&pagenumber=1

And this is what he/she said they did to fix it:
Make sure to use spybot in additon to Adaware:

http://spybot.safer-networking.de/en...oad/index.html

I scanned with both Ad-Aware and Spybot - Search&Destroy but the icons are still there. ATM I am running Avast.

<font color=skyblue>Have you gone into your startup and looked at the names of every program set up in there?

Can you identify each one?
Try typing the names of each unkown startup program into google.
If one of them is a bad one,
you'll find out and then can begin your counter attack.</font>

[ 12-31-2004, 01:17 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

<font color=skyblue>Or you could do a system restore.

That would also work.</font>

Problem solved: I just removed MSN Messenger plus via Add/Remove programs. [img]smile.gif[/img]