A friend's computer just recently got updated with something for Windows XP. Since then a bunch of work files on a network drive have a shortcut icon next to them and had their extension (.MAT) ...

PC makers that choose to ship Windows XP with icons on the desktop will have to include at least three Microsoft-mandated icons, the company said. News of the requirement that PC makers include an MSN ...

In XP, I rename the default desktop icons to remove the "My" prefix. Unfortunately, they have a tendency to revert themselves periodically. I've had this problem off and on with different XP installs.