From: not@this.address.com   
      
   On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:00:25 -0500, don wrote:   
      
   > I have several children, with access to  my PC. I have no idea what   
   > caused my current, annoying problem.   
   >   
   > I now have a lot of unexpected/unwanted jpeg and other short cuts   
   > appearing on my desktop. Obviously I can delete those unwanted links;   
   > sure prefer to know how to stop them form being displayed/created. I   
   > have no idea how to stop that proliferation of Desk Top entries.   
   >   
   > Sure appreciate any advice...   
      
   First, check the Properties of the links as a clue to what they are links   
   to.  Check Add/Remove in the Control Panel to see if what's listed is   
   related to the Desktop links.  Check the Startup folder, too.  Hopefully,   
   the links are all benign, and will go away when deleted.   
      
   After you clean up everything, set up individual, password protected, non-   
   administrator privileged user accounts for everyone, including yourself.   
   Use those accounts for every day work.  Assign a very strong password to   
   the Administrator account, one that only YOU know, and use it only when   
   you have to do maintenance, install programs, etc.   
      
   The biggest security hole in Windows is (and always has been) using the   
   Administrator for general, every day computing.  It leaves the system   
   wide open to everything.   
      
      
   Stef   
      
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