Frozen Image On Desktop

Can anyone help please? I have an image of a blue leaf that just appeared on my desktop. I've reinstalled 10.4.11 and completed all updates but the image is still there. Tried all reboot types explained in other discussions but the image is still there. I was not connected to the net when this happened. Still no luck with AV scans or disk repairs. Can anyone help? Ta

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Went to the Apple Store today. They are going to change my display.

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Anyone got any clues as to why the video image freezes every so often? I've searched this forum but not found anything close to the issue. My specific issue is this : I use the JMF to grab a jpg from a video capture card and save the image. The application runs as a service in Windows and we don't have any need to render the image. The service runs for 2 months then we get a frozen frame which continues to be used for all future images. I'm using the StateHelper to manage the processor state and the log shows that the media time continues uninterrupted. There is a slight memory leak over time which we monitor but its not excessive and well within operating parameters.
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[Encrypting Images|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12018618&#12018618]

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I have a simirar problem on linux operation system. Using
version 7. One page didnt work because the version was too old. And
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Here's the problem: In both Leopard and Tiger, when I edit something in Preview and save it the little icon preview image on my desktop (you know, above the file name) does not change, even after I restart. I know the world isn't going to end because of it but it has gotten to the point where I'll edit things in Photoshop instead of Preview just to get the stupid icon to be accurate, otherwise I don't know if I've worked on a picture already or not. It would save me from a lot of time wasted booting up Photoshop just to crop an image.
I also noticed that the Spotlight comments (when I use "get info" on the file) still describe the picture in its larger format before cropping. It just doesn't seem to update itself. The image I am looking at as an example is a PNG right now but I'm sure it has happened with jpegs as well. (generally I'll just go into Photoshop in the end and save from there to update the icon out of frustration)
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Is there a way to remove or replace the preview image manually, then?
select the files with custom icons and enter commandoptioni.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564
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Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key.
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Disk Utility 12.x: Repair a disk
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
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I'm trying to copy photos from an album in iPhoto 5 to the desktop, but I can't because I get the following error message:
The selected items cannot all be put in the same location because at least one of them named "DSC00003.JPG" is busy
I'm able to copy entire albums on to the desktop, so it looks like some sort of album corruption.
I've double-clicked the mentioned locked image (DSC00003.JPG) which looks fine.
But still thinking that this image might be the culprit I mark off everything except that image in the album, then drag the contents to the desktop's folder. Same error message, but with "DSC00002.JPG" being busy this time.
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And more importantly, what has caused this problem in the first place?
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in the album have the same file name so you get that
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