Exactly, they look like light switches. I have Default Folder X, Growl, High Priority, Intego NetUpdate X4, OpenBase (Daylite), CocoAspell and TypeIt4Me. Cheers, Brian On 1/25/07, W Lane <wilann at telusplanet.net> wrote: > > On 07-Jan-25, at 4:40 AM, Brian Durant wrote: > > > I have noticed that most, but not all, of the system preference icons > > in OS X (10.4.8) suddenly have some sort of generic icon. What does > > this mean and what can I do about it? > > > Is this generic icon like a light switch? > What aftermarket Preference Panes do you have installed?