Desktop Icons were removed?

[dcrog]

If you have xp or vista, with it set up to set restore points, yes you can go back to a time before the problem.

I'm setting at a vista laptop but I believe the path is about the same as xp.

If you go to start/programs/accessories/system tools/system restore, or restore I think is all it says in xp. Click on that and it should bring up a calendar with highlighted dates. If it does have dates highlighted then the restore points are turned on and you can go back to any of them.

I'm saying if it is turned on because this vista box I'm using right now didn't have it turned on originally from the factory. Thanks HP, apparently the only thing they wanted users to do was back all the way up to how it came from the factory.