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just plain old Smith
My husband and I have WindowsXP Home edition. I signed in first as an
administrator account and then we signed him up as a 2nd admin. account.
About a month ago he started having trouble with his website shortcut icons
on his desktop. The shortcut connection opens up but freezes upon opening.
Every time he clicks on it, it locks up the desktop. He has to log off to
free the screen. The icons on my desktop work fine. We even deleted his
account and set up a new account. Same thing happened on his new account. The
only thing we have added is Flight Simulator X but it has been on since last
December (2006) with no apparent problems. We have uninstalled the software
thinking that might be the problem. But it did not help. Other files and
programs on his desktop work all right. It's just the shortcuts that cause
the lock up. We have Outlook Express 7 and Internet explorer on the desktop
also. We have no problem with them. We have run antivirus program and nothing
has shown up.
Does anyone have a suggestion?
administrator account and then we signed him up as a 2nd admin. account.
About a month ago he started having trouble with his website shortcut icons
on his desktop. The shortcut connection opens up but freezes upon opening.
Every time he clicks on it, it locks up the desktop. He has to log off to
free the screen. The icons on my desktop work fine. We even deleted his
account and set up a new account. Same thing happened on his new account. The
only thing we have added is Flight Simulator X but it has been on since last
December (2006) with no apparent problems. We have uninstalled the software
thinking that might be the problem. But it did not help. Other files and
programs on his desktop work all right. It's just the shortcuts that cause
the lock up. We have Outlook Express 7 and Internet explorer on the desktop
also. We have no problem with them. We have run antivirus program and nothing
has shown up.
Does anyone have a suggestion?