Hi all, I've posted this problem in a forum I regularly use but was directed to here as we cant figure out what's causing this problem or how to fix it. To save time I have copied + pasted some of the thread. Now I am running a custom theme but not using any third party utilities. I have patched uxtheme.dll successfully and the custom My Computer, Network Places icons were done though Desktop > Customize. I have tried reverting back to the default Windows XP theme and removing XP Service Pack 3 but the problem persists. Hoping someone here can help fix this.