how do i make the background of the text see through instead of white?

[windows xp

 

control panel- display-appearance

mess about the settings in there

 

Nah

control panel
system
advanced
at performance click settings
scroll down and select "use drop shadows for icons on desktop"

 

there you go wrong again

 

sorted now?

 

no, that box was already checked

 

Fixxed!

>To make background transparent behind the text under your desktop icons you must
>not have any web items on your desktop. Right click on your desktop, click "Properties",
>select the "Desktop" tab, at the bottom left of this tab click on "Customize Desktop",
>this will open a new window called "Desktop Items", in this new window select the
>"Web" tab and make sure that there are no items checked in the "Web pages:" frame.

thanks for the trying lads

 

always use google first