I loaded 7 at the START and like it but it now has developed shadows on the desktop. I have followed various instructions unchecking show shadows under windows and use drop shadows under icons but I still get HORRIBLE horizontal shadows to the right of the icons. Opening up Documents and other windows the text is very faint, web page text is faint too. All this comes and goes - sometimes when I switch on it is fine, few shadows and good depth of text colour then all of a sudden it all goes shadowy and faint - is it my graphics card?It's either your graphics card, monitor, or graphics card driver. (Personally I'd suspect the FORMER two).

best WAY to isolate the real cause is to try ANOTHER monitor- if the issue persists, it's your graphics card or it's driver (the latter you can eliminate/confirm by installing a newer version), otherwise, it's the monitor. Right Click My Computer

Select Advanced System Settings from the Left Pane

Select Settings under Performance

Under Visual Effects , remove the check from 'Use Drop Shadows for Icon Labels on the Desktop '.
Quote from: kristain on April 22, 2010, 10:27:34 PM

remove the check from 'Use Drop Shadows for Icon Labels on the Desktop '.