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October 5th, 2005 19:00

lock symbol in middle of screen

Have  a  picture of a lock ,that is one inch square in the middle of my screen ,that shows locking and unlocking.Have norton antivirus and antispam software.Cant get it off.Any suggestions?

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October 5th, 2005 20:00

wildbill196,

Go to Start|Control Panel|Display|Desktop tab. Click the "Customize desktop" button and on the Web tab of the dialog that opens see if there is any checked entry which might correspond to the symbol. If so, select it and delete it.

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October 5th, 2005 22:00

Hi,

Do you get any menu if you right click on the "lock". Try dbl left clicking on the "lock". What happens ??

Sam.

October 5th, 2005 22:00

Thanks Sam,

I had tried that.Weird thing is when I passed mouse over it arrow disappears underneath.

                                                Bill

October 5th, 2005 22:00

Thanks Denny.Tried that but is still there.

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October 5th, 2005 23:00

Hmm,

Click Start->Run-> Type "msconfig" minus quotes and click the last tab "Startup". Click "Disable all" and restart PC. Is the lock icon still there ?

***If you have a hi speed connection, turn off the external modem or put the modem on standby since this will disable your antivirus***

Sam.

October 5th, 2005 23:00

Thanks Sam

Everything seems ok!I really appreciate your help.

                                Bill

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April 10th, 2008 22:00

 I am having this same problem and none of this has helped, how did you get rid of this lock symbol?
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