Where has my blue box gone!?

Last week, I could click and drag a *blue box* to select multiple icons on my
desktop and in my folders.

Now, when I click and drag, I just get the default Windows XP style click
and drag: It's just a transparent box with white dots around the edge.

To my knowledge, I haven't changed any settings that could affect this.
After searching for these settings, I can't even find any. Can anybody help?

Jimbo wrote:
> Last week, I could click and drag a *blue box* to select multiple icons on my
> desktop and in my folders.
>
> Now, when I click and drag, I just get the default Windows XP style click
> and drag: It's just a transparent box with white dots around the edge.
>
> To my knowledge, I haven't changed any settings that could affect this.
> After searching for these settings, I can't even find any. Can anybody help?
>
could it be that your Aero has turned off?

No, my Aero is working fine. I can see everything transparent, my windows
sidebar is transparent, windows flip 3D works fine; everything graphically
related is working except that blue box.

"Jimbo" <Jimbo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:816FCA41-1BD8-4E85-AD1F-A2AF3364E42C@microsoft.com...
> No, my Aero is working fine. I can see everything transparent, my windows
> sidebar is transparent, windows flip 3D works fine; everything graphically
> related is working except that blue box.

Cut and pasted, from web, for speed:

Right click on Computer, select "Properties" then chose "Advanced System
Settings", and, on the "Advanced" tab, click the "Settings" button under the
"Performance" section. Go to the "Visual Effects" tab; there you can choose
options to enable or disable certain visual effects, very similar to the
User Interface of Windows XP.

ss.

Fantastic SS, thanks for the help!