From: SC Tom on

"microsoft.news.com" <zulu.romeotangohotel(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message
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>> "microsoft.news.com" <zulu.romeotangohotel(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Don Phillipson" <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
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>>>> "microsoft.news.com" <zulu.romeotangohotel(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in
>>>> message
>>>> news:%23qj9jYoxKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
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>>>>> I am running XP Pro on a Dell 9150 desktop
>>>>> When I burned the Ubuntu install disc from the iso I downloaded
>>>>> yesterday,
>>>>> all the folders and file icons looked normal.
>>>>> Today, when I inserted the disc to use it, every icon is an Internet
>>>>> Explorer icon, including the folders, and also within the folders.
>>>>> What is going on here?
>>>>
>>>> Repost telling us whether filetypes are all the same or different
>>>> (yet call up the same IE icon.)
>>>>
>>>
>>> The latter...however, I have now fixed this by changing and then
>>> restorign the icon size.
>>>
>>> I would still like to know the _cause_ though...
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> �zulu�
>>>
>> Maybe someone in the Ubuntu forums has a clue. . .
>> --
>
> Nothing to do with Ubuntu...
> ANY disc put in the DVD drive showed ONLY I.E> icons.
>
Oh, I got the impression it was just the Ubuntu disk. You didn't mention any
others. At least it's fixed; that's always good.
--
SC Tom

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"SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message
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> "microsoft.news.com" <zulu.romeotangohotel(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>> "SC Tom" <sc(a)tom.net> wrote in message
>> news:OQVeWO1xKHA.3408(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
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>>> "microsoft.news.com" <zulu.romeotangohotel(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in
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>>>> "Don Phillipson" <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
>>>> news:eT6UAIsxKHA.4240(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> "microsoft.news.com" <zulu.romeotangohotel(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in
>>>>> message
>>>>> news:%23qj9jYoxKHA.5940(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am running XP Pro on a Dell 9150 desktop
>>>>>> When I burned the Ubuntu install disc from the iso I downloaded
>>>>>> yesterday,
>>>>>> all the folders and file icons looked normal.
>>>>>> Today, when I inserted the disc to use it, every icon is an Internet
>>>>>> Explorer icon, including the folders, and also within the folders.
>>>>>> What is going on here?
>>>>>
>>>>> Repost telling us whether filetypes are all the same or different
>>>>> (yet call up the same IE icon.)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The latter...however, I have now fixed this by changing and then
>>>> restorign the icon size.
>>>>
>>>> I would still like to know the _cause_ though...
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> �zulu�
>>>>
>>> Maybe someone in the Ubuntu forums has a clue. . .
>>> --
>>
>> Nothing to do with Ubuntu...
>> ANY disc put in the DVD drive showed ONLY I.E> icons.
>>
> Oh, I got the impression it was just the Ubuntu disk. You didn't mention
> any others. At least it's fixed; that's always good.
> --
>

I hadn'tried others at the time I first posted is why!

It's OK now <phew>