Shadows+on+Icons

Shadows on Icons

Greemble's tip:-

I sounds like it might be the 'Drop Shadows' that's the problem here.

Right-click 'My Computer' -> Advanced tab -> Performance, Settings Button.

In there, on the Visual Effects tab (usually the first one that appears), scroll down the list and very near the bottom, deselect the 'Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop'

Click OK  