Cursor name position in Waveform Graph

I lost the cursor name in the waveform graph, after programmed the cursor positions.
I enabled 3 cursors, shown the cursor names, and programmed their positions in my VI. After running the VI, all cursor names are gone. I believe they are moved to somewhere out of the plot range due to LV malfunction. I cut and copy the graph to the VI attached, and enabled a new cursor, which looks good.
I need to get the lost cursor names back (manually is OK). I also want to know how to avoid this.
I am using LV 7.1 under Win XP Pro.
Attachments:
Study_Missing Cursor Name.vi ‏71 KB

I have created a test vi that could generate this problem. I generated a waveform graph and label each peak with cursor name. Then I copied the waveform graph and paste to form another waveform graph 2 in which the cursor name is gone even the show cursor name is still enable. I have not been able to find the cursor names from the waveform graph 2.
I am using labview 7.0
HMP
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test.vi ‏60 KB

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