>I have a problem in Windows XP, with the one-click icons, those that by default are at the lower left part of the screen. I rearrange those icons, by dragging them with the mouse. For example, I want the "show desktop" icon to be first, because I use it frequently.
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>However, on next startup, it often occurs that the icons are back in their previous positions. Sometimes even when I just resume from a hibernation - this latter seems especially strange to me. Is there a way to avoid the icons to be reordered, or simply to force a specific icon to be first?

Do you normally log in with Administrator privileges? If not, try logging in as admin, rearrange your icons, then log back in with your normal login.